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When you’re testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin When you are finished changing, you’re finished.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Speak little, do much.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin You can do anything you set your mind to.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
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AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
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