Benjamin Franklin Quotes List 10

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Benjamin Franklin

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Benjamin Franklin

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
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Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
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Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
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Beware the hobby that eats.
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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Benjamin Franklin

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
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Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
Benjamin Franklin

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
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And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Benjamin Franklin

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
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Applause waits on success.
Benjamin Franklin