“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.”
Benjamin Franklin (verified)
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“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
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— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”
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— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Great estates may venture more; little boats must keep near shore.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
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