A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

Benjamin Franklin


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The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: words reading books literature illiteracy pity



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Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: wisdom talent work



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It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: poetry blackbeard hanging pirates



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All would live long, but none would be old.

Benjamin Franklin


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Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: misquote drinking beer



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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: willful-ignorance



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Women are books, and men the readers be...

Benjamin Franklin


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All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Benjamin Franklin


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...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin

Tag: certainty taxes 1789



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