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1 " If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. "
― Benjamin Franklin , Poor Richard's Almanack
2 " Lost Time is never found again. "
3 " Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that. "
4 " Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults. "
5 " He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone. "
6 " Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. "
7 " To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind. "
8 " Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. "
9 " The Golden Age was never the present Age. "
10 " The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason. "
11 " In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith,but by the Lack of it. "
12 " Fish and Visitors stink in 3 days. "
13 " If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, Gentle Words and useful Deeds. "
14 " Speak little, do much. "
15 " Women are books, and men the readers be... "
16 " There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking. "
17 " A friend in need is a friend indeed! "
18 " Clean your Finger, before you point at my Spots. "
19 " Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. "
20 " Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. "