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Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.

by angela on January 5, 2009

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
~Benjamin Franklin

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A good example is the best sermon.

by angela on December 9, 2008

A good example is the best sermon.
-Benjamin Franklin
When we were in England this fall, we ventured over to Westminster Abbey for the day. We went as much to see the fabulous architecture as the famous graves – a veritable who’s who of literary and diplomatic leadership from the past, oh – 500 years? [...]

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Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.

by angela on December 4, 2008

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.
-Benjamin Franklin

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There was never a good war or a bad peace.

by angela on December 2, 2008

There was never a good war or a bad peace.
-Benjamin Franklin, in a Letter to Josiah Quincy [September 11, 1783]

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After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser.

by angela on November 21, 2008

-Benjamin Franklin

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