953 ordspråk av Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin föddes den January 17th 1706 och dog den 17 April 1790 - writer and inventor.
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 I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand. |
| I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. |
| I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. |
| I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating. |
| I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did. |
| I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. |
| I wish Christianity were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy-day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the |
| I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharking and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respecta |
| Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. |
| Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments |
| Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. |
| Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues |
| Idleness is the greatest Prodigality. |
| If a Man casually exceeds, let him fast the next Meal, and all may be well again, provided it be not too often done; as if he exceed at Dinner, let him refrain a Supper, &c. |
| If a man could half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. |
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Proverb (1469545 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Toplists (6 st)
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