More from Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Lost Time is never found again.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Joy is not in things, it is in us.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Contentment makes poor men rich, Discontent makes rich men poor.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson I so desperately want my words to be indicative of how deeply and completely I love my people.
Lysa TerKeurstLysa TerKeurst This is what the heart wants. This is what the head won’t get.
W. ShaykW. Shayk I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes There are also two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
Jon Kabat-ZinnJon Kabat-Zinn The gift of achievement is not the things you get, but the person you become.
Robin SharmaRobin Sharma She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
Gwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn Brooks
