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Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.


Benjamin Franklin

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RALPH WALDO EMERSON He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him ever...
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BIBLE Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
WALTER ISAACSON In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Mark it, nuncle.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less...
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And he who has one enemy will meet him e...
ALI IBN-ABI-TALIB He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him...
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NISHI DE SILVA For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
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DAVID H COMINS People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
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BIBLE He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need:
If thou sorrow, he will weep;...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Most fools think they are only ignorant.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfort...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN One should eat to live, not live to eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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