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The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Benjamin Franklin
Work
Eye
Will
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
Benjamin Franklin
People
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
Happiness
People
Constitution
Right
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Benjamin Franklin
Fault
Present
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
Forget
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
Benjamin Franklin
Time
Haste
Waste
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Benjamin Franklin
Experience
Fools
School
Will
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin
Wisdom
Knowledge
Temple
Ignorance
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Benjamin Franklin
Silence
Word
Applause waits on success.
Benjamin Franklin
Success
Applause
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin
Fool
Fools
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
Benjamin Franklin
Anger
Reason
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Benjamin Franklin
Man
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge
Interest
Investment