The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time


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He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Observe all men, thyself most.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Where liberty is, there is my country.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The things which hurt, instruct.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that won't be counseled can't be helped.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all da...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Laws too gentle, are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. The...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means -- either ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great piece...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The proof of gold is fire...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
When you're finished changing, you're finished.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frug...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, an...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Drive your business, let not your business drive you.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN