Political theater is not uncommon in the black church culture.


Robert Franklin

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Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy meals.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Take time for all things; great haste makes great waste.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes.
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