953 ordspråk av Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
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Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
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Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices.
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Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicious about them.
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Seek Virtue, and, of that possessed, To Providence, resign the rest.
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
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Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.
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Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven
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She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
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She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail
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Silks and Satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire
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Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful
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Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho' within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?
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