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“ A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. ”

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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

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He that can have patience can have what he will.

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Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

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Benjamin Franklin Inspirational Proverb

Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.]

~ Benjamin Franklin

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