Quotes by Franklin, Benjamin

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key >>

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those l >>

Don't throw stones at your neighbors , if your own windows are glass. >>

Quotations about Beards

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in >>

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This p >>

In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rath >>

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors.

Franklin, Benjamin