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Self-awareness5 quotes
How few there are who have courage enough to own their Faults, or resolution enough to mend them! — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Wink at small faults-remember thou hast great ones. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738E’er you remark another’s sin, bid your own conscience look within. — Benjamin Franklin · 1741Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? — Benjamin Franklin · 1738You can bear your own Faults, why not a Fault in your Wife? — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Alcohol4 quotes
Drink does not drown Care, but waters it and makes it grow faster. — Benjamin Franklin · 1749Take counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusWine is wont to show the mind of a man. — Theognis of Megara · 485 BCFriends4 quotes
Be slow in chusing a Friend, be slower in changing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374Age, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739Friendship4 quotes
Be slow in chusing a Friend, be slower in changing. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. — Proverbs 27:17 · 686 BCNeither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend. — William Shakespeare · 1616Marriage4 quotes
You can bear your own Faults, why not a Fault in your Wife? — Benjamin Franklin · 1750In Marriage without love, there will be Love without Marriage. — Benjamin Franklin · 1734Keep your eye wide open before Marriage, half shut afterwards. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738The good or ill hap of a good or ill Life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill Wife. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Wine4 quotes
Take counsel in Wine, but resolve afterwards in Water. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Bronze is a mirror of the face, wine of the mind. — AeschylusWine is wont to show the mind of a man. — Theognis of Megara · 485 BCAge, that Age appeared
to be best in four things: Old
Wood best to burn, Old Wine to drink, Old
Friends to trust, and old Authors to read. — Francis Bacon · 1625Butterfly effect3 quotes
Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750For want of Nail the Shoe is lost;
For want of a Shoe the Horse is lost;
For want of a Horse the Rider is lost. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Character3 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas. — Benjamin Franklin · 1733Success has ruin’d many a Man. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Delusion3 quotes
Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Habits3 quotes
Early to Bed and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738‘Tis easier to prevent bad Habits than to break them. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Learning from mistakes3 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish. — Benjamin Franklin · 1742Lending3 quotes
Creditors have better memories than Debtors. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736If you’d lose a troublesome Visitor, lend him money. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend. — William Shakespeare · 1616Luck3 quotes
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 · 1734Mistakes3 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish. — Benjamin Franklin · 1742Persistence3 quotes
Diligence is the mother of good luck. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Little strokes fell great Oaks. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use. — Ovid · 18Secrets3 quotes
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. — Benjamin Franklin · 1735Dead men tell no tales. — John Dryden · 1680Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away. — John Heywood · 1580Self-criticism3 quotes
Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745E’er you remark another’s sin, bid your own conscience look within. — Benjamin Franklin · 1741Search others for their Virtues, thyself for thy Vices. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Taking risks3 quotes
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Alexander Pope · 1711Great Estates may venture more;
Little Boats must keep near Shore. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751Wealth3 quotes
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Acceptance2 quotes
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Wink at small faults-remember thou hast great ones. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Actions have consequences2 quotes
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. — Apostle Paul · 50Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Adversity2 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Anger2 quotes
Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One. — Benjamin Franklin · 1753Anger always thinks it has power beyond its power. — Publilius Syrus · 43 BCBad habits2 quotes
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738‘Tis easier to prevent bad Habits than to break them. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Blindness2 quotes
None so blind as those that will not see. — Matthew Henry · 1706There’s none so blind as they that won’t see. — Jonathan Swift · 1738Borrowing2 quotes
Creditors have better memories than Debtors. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend. — William Shakespeare · 1616Breaking bad habits2 quotes
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738‘Tis easier to prevent bad Habits than to break them. — Benjamin Franklin · 1745Capitalism2 quotes
Remember that Time is Money. — Benjamin Franklin · 1748Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails,
And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1764Character flaws2 quotes
Wink at small faults-remember thou hast great ones. — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water. — William Shakespeare · 1613