Benjamin Franklin's Quote - I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances. – Benjamin Franklin

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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. – Benjamin Franklin

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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. – Benjamin Franklin

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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. – Benjamin Franklin

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