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“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

“Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Your net worth to the
world is usually determined by what
remains after your bad habits are
subtracted from your good ones”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A small leak will sink a great ship.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The cat in gloves catches no mice.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Imitate Jesus and Socrates”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons.”
― Mark Twain

“The used key is always bright.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The trouble with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“He who empties his purse into his mind, shall never go bankrupt.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“We must all hang together or we shall most assuredly all hang separately.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A little neglect may breed mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want a horse the rider was lost; for want of the rider the battle was lost.”
― Benjamin Franklin