Benjamin Franklin

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"Anger and folly walk cheek by jole."	Anger
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."	Anti-God, Attitude
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."	Happiness
"Nothing is more fatal to health than an overcare of it."	Health
"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."	Economics, Hope
"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
"I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his Works respectfully quoted by other learned Authors."	Quotations
"Fatigue is the best pillow."	Sleep
"Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly."	God, Taxes
"Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."	Miscellaneous
"Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."	Quotations
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."	Miscellaneous
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."	Quotations
"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."	Money
"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."	Money
"Drive thy business or it will drive thee."	Business
"I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."	Work
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