“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“Observe all men, thyself most.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
Picture Quote“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”
— Benjamin Franklin —
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