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Inspirational Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Index_card_top “Well done is better than well said.”
 
Benjamin Franklin  (1706-1790);
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Index_card_top “Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
 
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Index_card_top “I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.”
 
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Index_card_top “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”
 
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Index_card_top “Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
 
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Index_card_top “Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
 
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Index_card_top “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. ”
 
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“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”
 
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 12/31/10
“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”
 
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Index_card_top “There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”
 
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 07/19/11
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind rather than on outward circumstances.”
 
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Index_card_top This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 08/18/11
“Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.”
 
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