Benjamin Franklin Quotes (page 3)

1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
Patience
“Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.”
Enemies
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”
Conflict
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
Planning
“Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.”
Fashion
“He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.”
Procrastination
“Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.”
Action
“Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.”
Guests
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
Genius
“Love thy neighbor -- but don't pull down your hedge.”
Neighbors
“Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.”
Insults
“If you desire many things, many things will seem few.”
Desire
“The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.”
Faith
“Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.”
Persuasion
“Vice knows that she is ugly, so she puts on her mask.”
Vice
“Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.”
Debt
“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”
Fortune
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
Habit
“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”
Procrastination
“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.”
Leisure
“An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.”
Marriage
“He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
Self-love
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”
Wealth
“Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.”
Ambiguity
“Drive your business, let not you're business drive you.”
Business
“You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.”
Success
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
Love
“If you would know the value of money try to borrow some.”
Borrowing
“If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately.”
Cooperation