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Words from the past: Benjamin Franklin
He was not just a founding father of the United States, but a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, activist, and a diplomat. As a scientist, he had a major part in the discovery and theories regarding electricity.
However today we will look upon some of his ideas.
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Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
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Still so profoundly relevant in today's world. True wisdom is timeless.
The more I learn about this unique person, the more I admire him. He was born more than 300 years ago, but how modern are his thoughts! Scientist, public figure, journalist, he managed to combine the theory of personal effectiveness with the practice of everyday life. His statements are not abstract arguments, but the fruits of personal experience.
About money and wealth:
Remember that money has the ability to multiply.
Time is money.
Who is rich? The one who everyone is happy. Who is all happy? Yes, no one!
About time management and procrastination
One today is worth two tomorrow.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
If time is the most precious thing a waste of time is the greatest prodigality.
Well done better than what's well said.
Laziness drags so slowly that poverty overtakes it quickly.
Laziness makes everything difficult.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
A master of finding excuses is rarely a master of anything else.
Failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
A small crack could sink a large ship.
About learning and self-development
If you pour the contents of the wallet himself in the head, but you will not take.
The first degree of insanity is to consider yourself wise; the second is to talk about it; the third is to give up advice.
Man does not live by what he eats, but by what he digests. The situation is equally true refers to the mind as to the body.
3нание is of two types. We know the subject or know where to find the information.
When you finish changing, you're done.
Being illiterate is not as embarrassing as not wanting to learn.
We're all born illiterate, but we have to work hard to be a fool all our lives.
An educated jerk is better than an illiterate jerk.
About emotional competence:
Anger always has a reason, but seldom good enough.
There are two ways to be happy: We should either reduce our needs or increase our incomes. The result is the same, and everyone has to make their own decision, which is easier for him.
Do not anticipate the trouble, do not think about what may never happen. Stay on the Sunny side of the street.
That can't be fixed, should not mourn.
About the art of communication:
Be able not only to say the right things in the right place, but also, which is much more difficult, to leave unspoken unnecessary words at times when they are torn out.
To convince a person, appeal to his interests, not to his intelligence.
Be polite to all, sociable with many, familiar with some, friendly with one, hostile to anyone.
About idols:
Delight is a child of ignorance.
About healthy lifestyle:
If you want to prolong your life, shorten your meals.
The best doctor is the one who knows the uselessness of most drugs.
Of all the best drugs — rest and abstinence.
The one who is early to bed and early to rise, healthy, wealthy and wise.
About the attitude to life:
Only death and taxes are inevitable in this world.
You doubt it, don't do it.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you've found the philosopher's stone.
Some people die at the age of 25, and they only end up in the grave at 75.
I will not refuse to live my life from beginning to end again. I will only ask for the rights enjoyed by the authors to correct the errors of the first in the second edition.
Pleasant life and lazy life are two different things. And to sleep in the grave.
Any Other Business:
Three moves equal one fire.
The weakest wheel of the cart creates more noise.
Worth an upvote wouldn't you agree @grisotti ;-)
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