There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Quote by Benjamin Franklin
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
- The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
- Half a truth is often a great lie.
- Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
- I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
- There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
- If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
- Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
- To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
- Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Best Quotes
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- The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well.
- That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.
- God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are.
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