Post on 13-Apr-2017
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35 powerful maxims by Benjamin Franklin. M. van Eijk MA
“Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“THE DISCONTENTED MAN FINDS NO EASY CHAIR.”
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“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
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“Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”
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ANKLIN
“He that speaks much, is much mistaken.”
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ANKLIN
“Speak little, do
much.”
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“Would you live with ease,Do what you ought, and not what you please.”
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Tell Me and I Forget, Teach Me and I Remember,
Involve Me and I Learn
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“Drive thy business
or it will drive thee.”
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“The doors of wisdom are never shut.”
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“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” ―
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Industry. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
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“Don't throw stones at your
neighbors', if your own
windows are glass.”
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“Truth is brighter than light.”
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“Why do tomorrow what you can do today?”
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“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright”
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“If we all think alike, no one is thinking.”
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“Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?”
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“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
“Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright.”
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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.
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Wink at small faults;
remember thou hast great ones.
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
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Necessity never made a good bargain.
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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.
Lost time is never found again.
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Remember that time is money .
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Hunger is the best Pickle.
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Plough deep, while Sluggards sleep; And you shall have Corn, to sell and to keep.
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Time is a herb that cures all diseases.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, is to save all the money they can touch
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A light purse is a heavy Curse.
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Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that would travel much should eat little.
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