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  1. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    Robbers must exalted be,
    Small ones on the Gallow-Tree,
    While greater ones ascend to Thrones,
    But what is that to thee or me?

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard Improved (1748 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/85…

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  2. A quotation from Franklin

    Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1746 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/15…

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  3. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    What knowing Judgment, or what piercing Eye,
    Can Man’s mysterious Maze of Falshood try?
    Intriguing Man, of a suspicious Mind,
    Man only knows the Cunning of his Kind;
    With equal Wit can counter-work his Foes,
    And Art with Art, and Fraud with Fraud oppose.
    Then heed ye Fair, e’er you their Cunning prove,
    And think of Treach’ry, while they talk of Love.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1742 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/79…

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  4. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/14…

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  5. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The cringing Train of Pow’r, survey;
    What Creatures are so low as they!
    With what obsequiousness they bend!
    To what vile actions condescend!
    Their Rise is on their Meanness built,
    And Flatt’ry is their smallest Guilt.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…

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