Benjamin Franklin

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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."	Criticism
"To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish."	Determination, Evil, Good
"Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech."	Freedom, Liberty
"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."	Love
"It isn't what you know that counts, it's what you think of in time."	Knowledge, Time, Wisdom
"There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."	Age, Excellence, Friends
"Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them."	Change, Evil, Time
"Remember that time is money."	Memory, Money, Time
"Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."	Miscellaneous
"Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please."	Life
"We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately."	Men
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."	Knowledge, Men, Wisdom
"We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."	Miscellaneous
"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody."	Government, Knowledge, Learning
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things."	Life
"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."	Education, Genius, School
"He does not possess wealth; it possesses him."	Miscellaneous
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."	Adversity, Difficulty, Memory
"As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence."	Miscellaneous
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."	Freedom, Liberty, Quitting
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