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Benjamin Franklin
(English Benjamin Franklin; 1706 - 1790) - politician, diplomat, scientist, inventor, journalist. One of the leaders of the American War of Independence. One of the designers of the Great State Seal of the United States. The first American to become a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Time is money.
Time is the fabric of which life is made. Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
Don't waste time because it is life.
Keep all your things in their place, have your own time for each activity.
Since you are not sure of even one minute, do not waste even one hour.
If time is the most precious thing, then wasting time is the biggest waste.
One today is worth two tomorrow.
There is a time for every task.
Keep time! Guard him any hour, any minute. Without supervision, it slinks away like a lizard. Illuminate every moment with an honest, worthy achievement!
If you want to have leisure, do not waste time.
Laziness makes everything difficult.
Laziness begins with cobweb fetters and ends with iron chains.
Laziness moves so slowly that poverty quickly catches up with it.
Laziness is rust of mind and body; a key that is used frequently always shines like new. Be ashamed of your idleness when you can do so much for yourself, for your family, for your country.
Carelessness does more harm than lack of knowledge.
Stupidity is somewhat reminiscent of love. At least because she is always right.
All philosophers are wise in their maxims and fools in their behavior.
A learned fool writes his nonsense in a better style than an unlearned one, but that does not stop it from being nonsense.
Fools throw feasts, and smart people eat at them.
Silencing a fool is impolite, but allowing him to continue is simply cruel.
Experience is an expensive school, but what to do if there is no other school for fools.
Corruption has breakfast with Wealth, lunches with Poverty, suppers with Poverty and goes to bed with Shame.
Carefree youth entails sad old age.
Marriage without love is fraught with love without marriage.
Marriage is like a mirage: it always seems more beautiful from a distance.
Be polite to everyone, sociable to many, familiar to some.
Be steadfast in what your duty dictates.
At twenty years old, desire rules over a person, at thirty years old - reason, at forty years old - reason.
A person lives not by what he eats, but by what he digests. This position applies equally to the mind as to the body.
It is difficult for a person who has no money to remain decent.
There is nothing in nature that could give a person happiness.
It's easy to see; difficult to predict.
In rivers and bad governments, the lightest floats on top.
Anger always has reasons, but not always good enough.
Perhaps of all our innate passions, pride is the most difficult to break; No matter how you disguise it, no matter how you fight it, its soul, kill it - it still lives and from time to time breaks through and shows itself.
Delight is the child of ignorance.
Choose your friend slowly, and be even less in a hurry to change him.
If you want to get rid of a guest who bothers you with his visits, lend him money.
Get to work properly, and you will get good results, because drop by drop, a stone is chiseled, and with small blows you can knock down an oak tree, and a mouse, with patience and perseverance, gnaws through a ship's rope.
If scammers knew all the benefits of honesty, they would stop cheating for the sake of profit.
A proud person hates pride in others.
Pride that dines on vanity dines on contempt.
In this world, the only inevitable things are death and taxes.
Contentment is the philosopher's stone, turning everything it touches into gold.
A big empire, like a big pie, is most easily eaten from the edges.
A daughter who does not recognize her responsibilities turns out to be an uncontrollable wife.
If a man could halve his desires, he would halve his troubles.
He who has patience can have whatever he wants.
If you don't want to be forgotten immediately after death, write things worth reading or do things worth writing about.
If you want to know a girl's flaws, praise her in front of her friends.
Nations that wage an unjust war are nothing more than a large band of robbers.
If you do not heed prudence, then it will definitely take revenge on you.
Greed and happiness have never met each other; no wonder they are strangers.
If you want to sleep soundly, take a clear conscience with you to bed.
Of all medicines, the best are rest and abstinence.
Idlers rarely visit a busy person; flies don’t fly to a boiling pot.
If you argue, get irritated and object, you may sometimes win, but this victory will be meaningless, because you will never win the favor of your opponent.
A cat wearing gloves will not catch mice.
Creditors have better memory than debtors.
He who loves delicacies is bound to be a beggar.
Who is mighty? Someone who can overcome their bad habits.
Who deceives you as often as you do?
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy everything that follows it.
Many people complain about memory, almost no one complains about intelligence.
The best doctor is the one who knows the uselessness of most drugs.
People who don't listen to advice cannot be helped.
A master at making excuses is rarely a master at anything else.
True honor is the decision to do, in all circumstances, what is useful to the most people.
If you want to have a faithful servant, and one you like, serve yourself.
The real tragedy of life is that one becomes old too early and wise too late.
Teach your child to keep his mouth shut, and he will quickly learn to speak.
Late children are early orphans.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience. Then the second one can be what you consider necessary.
Beware of small wasteful expenses, for a small leak can sink a large ship.
Some people think that they are buying pleasure, but they themselves are selling themselves into slavery.
You cannot help someone who does not want to listen to advice.
Never expect trouble or worry about something that may never happen. Stay close to the sunshine.
Once the party has achieved its main goal, each member begins to look after his own private interests; thereby he comes into conflict with others, and a split occurs in the party, which causes even greater confusion.
Optimism is the passion to claim that everything is good when in reality everything is bad.
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Cheating and perfidy are the methods of fools who do not have the intelligence to live honestly.
Those who are absent always remain guilty; those present always have the opportunity to justify themselves.
Plow the land deeply while the couch potato is sleeping, and you will have enough grain for both sale and for yourself.
Idleness is like rust; it eats away at a person faster than fatigue from work.
Before you consult your whim, consult your wallet.
A highwayman, whether he participates in a gang or robs alone, remains a robber; and a nation that makes an unjust war is nothing more than a large band of robbers.
Decide to do what you must, and do without retreating what you decide to do.
Since people learned to cook food, they eat twice as much as nature requires.
He who loves himself has no rivals.
The best is the cheapest.
He who gives up his inalienable liberty to gain a little temporary security deserves neither liberty nor safety.
Among those who are engaged in public affairs, there are only a few who think only about the good of their country, no matter what they say; and although their actions bring real benefit to their country, yet the people did not at first separate their interests from the interests of their country, so they did not act on the principle of charity.
After obstacles and losses, people become more humble and wiser.
There are three true friends: an old book, an old dog and cash.
Where there is famine, laws are not respected; where laws are not respected, there is hunger.
If you want to extend your life, shorten your meals.
He who can rest is superior to him who can take cities.
He who is able to endure is able to achieve whatever he wants.
It is not the correction of a mistake, but persistence in it that brings down the honor of any person.
What begins with anger ends in shame.
Sobriety puts firewood in the stove, meat in the pan, bread on the table, credit in the state, money in the wallet, strength in the body, clothes on the back, intelligence in the head, contentment in the family.
Keep your eyes wide before the wedding and close them after.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
A bachelor does not represent the value that he could have in a marriage. He is an unfinished animal. It resembles half a pair of scissors.
Labor is the father of happiness.
To be satisfied with your situation, you need to compare it with a worse situation.
Young ladies' men should give preference not to young women, but to those who are getting younger. They are so grateful.
I, Benjamin Franklin, achieved wealth, honor and fame only because I tried to be moral and benevolent and tried to the best of my ability to follow the principles that I developed in my early youth and followed them all my life.
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) educator, scientist, statesman, one of the authors of the US Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of 1787
Wealth mainly depends on two things: hard work and moderation, in other words - do not waste either time or money, and use both in the best possible way.
A big empire, like a big pie, is most easily eaten from the edges.
Marriage without love is fraught with love without marriage.
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend is always a brother.
Be polite to everyone, sociable to many, familiar to some.
Be careful with small expenses: the smallest leak can sink a large ship.
At twenty years old a person is ruled by desire, at thirty years old by reason, at forty years old by reason.
No matter what situation people are in, they can always find comforts and inconveniences.
Delight is the child of ignorance.
In rivers and bad governments, the easiest thing floats to the top.
Time is money.
The whole advantage of having money is being able to use it.
Don’t rush to choose friends, and even less so to change them.
Anger always has reasons, but rarely good enough.
Proud people hate pride in other people.
Pride that dines on vanity dines on contempt.
If scammers knew all the benefits of honesty, they would stop cheating for the sake of profit.
If time is the most precious thing, then wasting time is the biggest waste.
If you buy what you don't need, you will soon sell what you do need.
If you want to know a girl's flaws, praise her in front of her friends.
If you want to have leisure, do not waste time.
If you want to sleep soundly, take a clear conscience with you to bed.
If you want to extend your life, shorten your meals.
Silencing a fool is rude, but allowing him to continue is simply cruel.
A farmer standing on his feet is much taller than a gentleman kneeling.
Of all medicines, the best are rest and abstinence.
A busy person is rarely visited by idle people: flies do not fly to a boiling pot.
Creditors have better memory than debtors.
He who fans the flames of a quarrel and stirs up firebrands should not complain if sparks get in his face.
Who deceives you as often as you do?
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy everything that follows it.
Laziness makes everything difficult.
Laziness, like rust, eats away faster than labor wears out.
Laziness is rusty mind and body; a key that is used frequently always shines like new.
The best doctor is the one who knows the uselessness of most drugs.
Do you love life? Then don't waste time; for time is the fabric of which life is made.
There are no small enemies.
We call them savages because their customs differ from ours, which we consider the height of courtesy; they think the same about their morals.
True honor is the decision to do, in all circumstances, what is useful to the most people.
It is not correcting a mistake, but persisting in it that brings down the honor of any person or organization of people.
You cannot help someone who does not want to listen to advice.
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Never expect trouble or worry about something that may never happen. Stay close to the sunshine.
Nothing extra. Early to bed and early to rise is what makes a person healthy, rich and smart.
Nothing dishonest can be truly beneficent.
One today is worth two tomorrow.
Experience is a school where lessons are expensive, but it is the only school where you can learn.
Those who are absent always remain guilty; those present always have the opportunity to justify themselves.
He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither freedom nor security.
Remember that money has the ability to multiply.
Force your own work; don't wait for her to force you.
Since you are not sure of even one minute, do not waste even one hour.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience. Then the second one can be what you consider necessary.
Corruption has breakfast with Wealth, lunches with Poverty, suppers with Poverty and goes to bed with Shame.
Free peoples must guard their freedom tirelessly and with zealous vigilance.
He who is able to endure is able to achieve whatever he wants.
Since people learned to cook food, they eat twice as much as nature requires.
Spend one penny less than you earn.
Sobriety puts firewood in the stove, meat in the pan, bread on the table, credit in the state, money in the wallet, strength in the body, clothes on the back, intelligence in the head, contentment in the family.
Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.
It is difficult to imagine what power over matter a person can acquire.
Labor is the father of happiness.
A person lives not by what he eats, but by what he digests. This position applies equally to the mind and body.
A man is sometimes more generous when he has little money than when he has a lot of it; maybe to prevent anyone from thinking that he doesn’t have them at all...
To be satisfied with your situation, you need to compare it with a worse situation.
What begins with anger ends in shame.
I won't refuse to live my life again from beginning to end. I will only ask the rights enjoyed by the authors to correct the errors of the first in the second edition.
I will not speak badly about anyone, but I will tell you everything good that I know about everyone.
An atheist is an unhappy child who tries in vain to convince himself that he has no father.
To be modest with superiors is a duty, with equals is politeness, with inferiors is nobility.
In the affairs of this world, people are saved not because of faith, but because of its lack.
In this world, the only inevitable things are death and taxes.
A generous person must have a few faults so as not to upset his friends.
Time is the matter of which life is made.
The owner's eyes do more work than his hands.
To be proud of knowledge is to be blinded by the light.
If you pour the contents of your wallet into your head, no one will take it away from you.
If people are so bad at having religion, what would they be without it?
What is the benefit of your new invention? – What is the benefit of a newborn baby?
The bell calls people to church, but never listens to the sermon.
Corona does not cure headaches.
He who drinks quickly pays slowly.
He who lives in hope risks starvation.
He who understands the world better loves it less.
Anyone who claims that money can do anything can very likely do anything for the sake of money.
It is easier to build two stoves than to stock up on fuel for one.
Lovers, travelers and poets are willing to pay to be listened to.
A master at making excuses is rarely a master at anything else.
Many went broke because they tried to buy for a penny cheaper.
Mine is better than ours.
We eat for our own pleasure, dress for the pleasure of others.
There is no good war and bad peace.
One good husband is worth two good wives: the rarer the product, the more expensive it is.
Lend money to an enemy and you will gain a friend; lend money to a friend and you will lose it.
The first degree of madness is to consider oneself wise; the second is to talk about it; the third is to refuse advice.
Laws that are too lenient are rarely observed, and laws that are too harsh are rarely enforced.
Where there is famine, laws are not respected; where icons are not respected, there is hunger.
Trade has never ruined a single nation.
Three crossings equal one fire.
Children have their own toys, old boys have theirs; the only difference is the price.
Teach your children to be silent. They will learn to speak on their own.
Read a lot, but not too many books.
Perhaps of all our innate passions, pride is the most difficult to break; No matter how you disguise it, no matter how you fight it, souls, kill it - it still lives and from time to time breaks through and shows itself.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
Man is a tool-producing animal.
A bachelor is an unfinished being; he is like half a pair of scissors.
