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«Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
obeyed
«In the affairs of this world, men are saved, not by faith, but by the want of it»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
world affairs
«Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
Embryos, in embryo
«Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
operation
«There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
counterfeiting, imitating
«The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
beggars
«Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
wink, wink at
«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.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
heavy-handed, parliaments
«Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
felicity
«Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.»
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