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Top 20 Quotes of Benjamin Franklin

1. “Well done is better than well said.”

2. “Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.”

3. “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

4. “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”

5. “In wine, there is wisdom. In beer, there is freedom. In water, there is bacteria.”

6. “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

7. “Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”

8. “How many observe Christ’s birthday? How few His precepts!”

9. “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

10. “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

11. “You may delay, but time will not.”

12. “Tell me, and I forget. Teach me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I learn.”

13. “Many people die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.”

14. “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”

15. “Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

16. “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

17. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

18. “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”

19. “He that can have patience can have what he will.”

20. “Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.”