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Remember that Time is Money. — Benjamin Franklin · 1748Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Fish and Visitors stink after three days. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Haste makes Waste. — Benjamin Franklin · 1753Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750All 67 quotes →
We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world. — John Winthrop · 1630We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren. — John Winthrop · 1630
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave. — George Berkeley · 1750
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The jaws of power are always opened to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible to destroy, the freedom of thinking, speaking and writing. — John Adams · 1765