The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear
much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our
friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much
as possibly we can; to hearken.

Benjamin Franklin


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Ou escreva algo que valha a pena ler, ou faça algo que valha a pena escrever.

Benjamin Franklin


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Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs.

Benjamin Franklin


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My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o’clock, and another when he had done his day’s work.

Benjamin Franklin


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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


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The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.

Benjamin Franklin


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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Benjamin Franklin

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To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Benjamin Franklin


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For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

Benjamin Franklin


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Joy is not in things, it is in us.

Benjamin Franklin

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