Letter to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy (Primary source)
This letter is famous as the source of Benjamin Franklin’s quote on death and taxes.
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“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 Primary source“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
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“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
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— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“What is the hardest task in the world? To think.”
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