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Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736God helps them that help themselves. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a dinner. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734
Human felicity is produc'd not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day. — Benjamin Franklin · 1790
The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1531