Benjamin Franklin

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.

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12 quotations — 7 Funny, 3 Serious, 2 Trivia.


  1. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain.
    And most do.
    1.
  2. Creditors have better memories than debtors.
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  3. I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
    3.
  4. In this world, nothing can be said to be certain.
    Except for death and taxes.
    4.
  5. “Mine” is better than “ours”.
    5.
  6. Three can keep a secret.
    But only if two of them are dead.
    6.
  7. Wine is definite proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
    7.

  8. Any society that would give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary security, deserves neither, and will lose both.
    8.
  9. Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing.
    9.
  10. There never was a good war; or a bad peace.
    10.

  11. A penny saved is a penny earned.
    11.
  12. Time is money.
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