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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
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Famous Benjamin Franklin Quotations
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printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
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- He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world. »
- If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life. »
- Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. »
- Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. »
- Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. »
- To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. »
- He that lives upon hope will die fasting. »
- I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives. »
- Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. »
- If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. »
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