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Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
Tell me....And I Forget,
Teach me.....And I Learn,
Involve Me.....And I Remember.
That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, its Contents torn out, and stript of its Lettering and Gilding, lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believ’d, appear once more, in a new & more perfect Edition, corrected and amended by the Author.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
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