The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more In a new and more beautiful edition, Corrected and amended By its Author.
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Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.Benjamin Franklin
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
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Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen, said,'Dr. Franklin, if this were on a woman, we'd know what to think.' And Franklin replied,'Half an hour ago, Mademoiselle, it was on a woman, and now what do you think'
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
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Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life A man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
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