Benjamin Franklin

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things."	Life
"A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors."	Marriage
"After three days men grow weary of a wench, a guest, and rainy weather."	Men, Time
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."	Knowledge, Men, Wisdom
"Anger and folly walk cheek by jole."	Anger
"Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one."	Anger, Evil
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."	Criticism
"As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence."	Miscellaneous
"At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment."	Age
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."	Ability, Friends, Men
"Beware of the young doctor and the old barber."	Age, Military, War
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."	Anti-God, Attitude
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."	Miscellaneous
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."	Quotations
"By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration."	Happiness, Joy
"Diligence is the mother of good luck."	Evil
"Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him."	Evil, Friends, Good
"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."	Darkness, Light, Worrying
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."	Life, Love, Time
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of."	Life, Love, Time
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Beauty	Birth	Birthdays
Business	Change	Courage
Criticism	Darkness	Death
Determination	Difficulty	Duty
Economics	Education	Equality
Evil	Excellence	Fear
Freedom	Friends	Genius
God	Good	Government
Guns	Happiness	Health
Honesty	Hope	Ignorance
Joy	Justice	Knowledge
Learning	Liberty	Lies
Life	Light	Love
Marriage	Memory	Men
Military	Miscellaneous	Money
Peace	Persistence	Power
Quitting	Quotations	Reading
Religion	School	Sin
Sleep	Stupidity	Talent
Taxes	Teaching	Time
Truth	Virtue	War
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