953 ordspråk av Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.
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The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor.
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The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise
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Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep
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There are lazy Minds as well as lazy Bodies.
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There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
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There are no ugly Loves, nor handsome Prisons
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There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self
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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
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There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
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There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous
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There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him
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There is much money given to be laught at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A's fine horse, and B's fine house
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