Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
- Benjamin Franklin
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. - Benjamin Franklin
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. - Benjamin Franklin
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest. - Benjamin Franklin
Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest.
There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheati… - Benjamin Franklin
There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheati…
La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla. - Benjamin Franklin
La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
Never contradict anybody. - Benjamin Franklin
Never contradict anybody.
We can defer, yet time is most certainly not. - Benjamin Franklin
We can defer, yet time is most certainly not.
There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else. - Benjamin Franklin
There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.
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