Benjamin Franklin

1. Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing

   Benjamin Franklin

2. Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one

   Benjamin Franklin

3. It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority

   Benjamin Franklin

4. I am for doing good to the poor, but I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became powerless. And, on contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer

   Benjamin Franklin

5. Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man

   Benjamin Franklin

6. 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

   Benjamin Franklin

7. When you are finished changing, you’re finished

   Benjamin Franklin

8. Life’s biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

   Benjamin Franklin

9. Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.

   Benjamin Franklin

10. Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none

    Benjamin Franklin

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