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121 " Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. "
― Benjamin Franklin
122 " Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. "
― Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richard's Almanack
123 " A good example is the best sermon. "
124 " The Golden Age was never the present Age. "
125 " Little strokes fell great oaks. "
126 " Time is money. "
127 " There never was a good war or a bad peace. "
128 " Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or controul the Right of another: And this is the only Check it ought to suffer, and the only Bounds it ought to know. "
129 " I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised. "
130 " He that lives upon hope will die fasting. "
131 " Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. "
132 " Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. "
133 " Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. "
134 " If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. "
135 " We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. "
136 " The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. "
137 " I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. "
138 " An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "
139 " It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. "
140 " He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. "