Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
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Benjamin Franklin
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God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.
I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper and disturb one's quiet.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Honesty is the best policy.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!
Time is money.
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Beware the hobby that eats.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.