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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Words may show a man’s wit, actions his meaning.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Women are books, and men the readers be.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin He that can have patience can have what he will.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin One today is worth two tomorrows.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin 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 FranklinBenjamin Franklin Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin He who can have patience can have what he will.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
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Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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I wrestled with anger from the age of sixteen. It’s still one of my nemeses. I have to remember that the word of God says, ‘Be slow to anger.’
Bernice KingBernice King If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can’t make mistakes.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao Now there’s a seven-day waiting period to buy a gun. Who can stay mad that long?
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
Gary OldmanGary Oldman Temperament is the thermometer of character.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher When anger rises up I let it breathe. A fire burns out, eventually.
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