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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows. — Benjamin Franklin

Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. — Benjamin Franklin

Class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor. — Richard G. Wilkinson

It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do. — Richard Hofstadter

Little rogues easily become great ones. — Benjamin Franklin

Do not do that which you would not have known. — Benjamin Franklin

He that is rich need not live sparingly,
and he that can live sparingly need not be rich. — Benjamin Franklin

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. - BEN FRANKLIN, POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK T — Neil Gaiman

Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good. — Benjamin Franklin

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. — Benjamin Franklin

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear. — Benjamin Franklin

What is a butterfly? At best
He's but a caterpiller drest.
The gaudy Fop's his picture just. — Benjamin Franklin

He is no clown that drives the plow, but he that doth clownish things. — Benjamin Franklin

The rights of man are poor things beside the eyes of hungry children. Their hurts are keener than the soreness of injustice. — Richard Llewellyn

I'm a successful novelist, and I've been a lucky one, so I don't want to cry the poor mouth. Writing has never been easy. — Richard Flanagan

I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products. — Richard Branson

Bargaining has neither friends nor relations. — Benjamin Franklin

Steve mellon had told him that love was for poor suckers, and Richard had written on his steamed-up shaving mirror that morning, 'I must be penniless. — Jeffrey Archer

Money is a poor indicator of success. — Richard Branson

It is only because of your love, only your love, that the poor will forgive you the bread you give them. — Richard J. Foster

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate. — Richard Branson

Let's face it, the Obama administration was handed a pretty poor deal from the previous administration. — Richard Armitage

He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. — Benjamin Franklin

There is none deceived but he that trusts. — Benjamin Franklin

They who have nothing to trouble them,
will be troubled at nothing. — Benjamin Franklin

What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things. — Benjamin Franklin

The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest. — Benjamin Franklin

Fear God, and your enemies will fear you. — Benjamin Franklin

Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come. Take thy farewell, poor world! Heaven must go home ... — Richard Crashaw

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. — Benjamin Franklin

In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have it, others cannot. — Richard J. Foster

Let thy vices die before thee. — Benjamin Franklin

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied. — Benjamin Franklin

Tis easy to see, hard to foresee. — Benjamin Franklin

The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another — John Ray

The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast. — Richard Rogers

Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend,
but thou may'st a friend into an enemy. — Benjamin Franklin

Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. — Benjamin Franklin

The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer. — Benjamin Franklin

He that resolves to mend hereafter, resolves not to mend now. — Benjamin Franklin

I want my poor value to exist past me, somewhere else. — Richard Gilman

None are deceived but they that confide. — Benjamin Franklin

Better slip with foot than tongue. — Benjamin Franklin

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful — Benjamin Franklin

He that best understands the world, least likes it — Benjamin Franklin

I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent. — Richard Rogers

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not. — Benjamin Franklin

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. — Benjamin Franklin

Willows are weak, but they bind the Faggot. — Benjamin Franklin

Remember that a good example is the best sermon. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

South Africa had very poor repertory distribution. I didn't find out about Akira Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog until I got to the U.K. — Richard Stanley

The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it. — Benjamin Franklin

If dost thou love life, then Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — Benjamin Franklin

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. — Benjamin Franklin

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst. — Benjamin Franklin

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can touch — Benjamin Franklin

Bigwig: "I can't think why he didn't convince Threarah."
Hazel: "Because Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself. — Richard Adams

What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan. — Richard Engel

Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame. — Benjamin Franklin

Pay what you owe and you'll know what's your own. — Benjamin Franklin

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. — Tony Campolo

It is better to take many injuries than to give one. — Benjamin Franklin

For once you are going to hear a dream, a dream that I have made sound ... I dreamed all this; never could my poor head have invented such a thing. — Richard Wagner

When Wine enters, out goes the Truth. — Benjamin Franklin

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Poor Richard — Benjamin Franklin

Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit. — Richard M. Nixon

I'm going to publicly challenge the biggest names in religion to repent and give back the money they've ripped off from the poor. — Richard Rossi

If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? — Benjamin Franklin

He that would travel much, should eat little. — Benjamin Franklin

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill. — George Herbert

Poor eating habits developed at an early age lead to a lifetime of real health consequences. — Richard J. Codey

A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor. — Richard Lamm

Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind. — Richard Francis Burton

Men and Melons are hard to know. — Benjamin Franklin