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«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.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Self-control,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
far left, left and right, not only, Right Thing, tempting, unsaid, unsay
«Time is money.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Time
| Keywords:
Time Is Money
«Better slip with foot than tongue»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Doing Your Best
| Keywords:
foot, footed, slip, slipping, slip by, slip in, slip of the tongue, slip on, slip up, tongue
«Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.»
«Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.»
«When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Men,
Women
| Keywords:
Sung
«If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Writing
| Keywords:
reading, writing
«Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.»
«Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.»
«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.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Positive thinking,
Respect
| Keywords:
charities, charity, child, conduct, deference, example, Father, fathering, forgiveness, good example, mother, opponent, proud, prouder, proud of, respect, tolerance
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