More from Benjamin 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 There was never a bad peace or a good war.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin Eat to live, don’t live to eat.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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More on fish
I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don’t apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf Beware of the fish people, they are the true enemy.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring.
Tutu DesmondTutu Desmond Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
PericlesPericles No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.
Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
Andre GideAndre Gide In a shared fish, there are no bones.
DemocritusDemocritus I swim like a fish and I have an amazing kick.
Gordon RamsayGordon Ramsay
