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Benjamin Franklin "There never was a good war or a bad peace." Report Abuse
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Benjamin Franklin "Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." Report Abuse
Probably the most quoted quote from parents to children when they want to infuse the idea that they should go to bed at a decent time in order to awake and get the day started early and in a successful direction.
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Benjamin Franklin "Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day" Report Abuse
Many people recall this in their head when they want to motivate themselves into doing a task that they really don't want to do.
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Benjamin Franklin "God helps them that help themselves." Report Abuse
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Benjamin Franklin "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing." Report Abuse
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"Giggidy" glenn quagmire Report Abuse
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"There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends." Report Abuse
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Alexander Pope "To err is human, to forgive divine" Report Abuse
A tender quote that is recited by many, especially when faced with a situation in which they are seeking forgiveness for an error.
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Francis Bacon "Knowledge is power" Report Abuse
This quote has been used around the world. People have made posters out of it and they have been posted on school walls everywhere.
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Abraham Lincoln "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." Report Abuse
One of the most recited quotes from Lincoln. I know that I have heard this quote in various settings, including from my Mom and in school.
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Rumi Report Abuse
Either act in accordence with the way you look or look in accordance with the way you act!
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Winston Churchill "Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong." Report Abuse
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William Wordsworth "The good die first." Report Abuse
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Alexander Pope "A little learning is a dangerous thing." Report Abuse
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John Greenleaf Whittier "For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'" Report Abuse
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Alexander Pope "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread." Report Abuse
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Francis Bacon "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested." Report Abuse
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William Wordsworth "The child is father of the man." Report Abuse
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Rudyard Kipling "Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat." Report Abuse
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Ralph Waldo Emerson "Hitch your wagon to a star" Report Abuse
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Jim Rohn "How sad to see a father with money and no joy. The man studied economics, but never studied happiness." Report Abuse
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"I have known many, Liked not a few, Loved only one. I toast to you" Report Abuse
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