The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Benjamin FranklinTag: knowledge
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Benjamin FranklinTime is money.
Benjamin FranklinBe not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
Benjamin FranklinWealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Benjamin FranklinA nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin FranklinAnd, lastly (I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity. Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for is vanity among the other comforts of life.
Benjamin FranklinThat felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, [...] Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down into writing.
Benjamin FranklinRebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God.
Benjamin FranklinI know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.
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