Logo
Quote by Benjamin Franklin
I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with

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

Other quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
Happiness
Author
Benjamin Franklin
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Insults
category

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde

Category:
Insults

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. – St. Bernard

Category:
Insults

It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking. – Epictetus

Category:
Insults

Her face was her chaperone. – Rupert Hughes

Category:
Insults

Random Quotes

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. – Ernest Hemingway

Category:
Exaggeration

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change. – Muhammad Ali

Category:
Change

The counsel you would have another keep, first keep yourself. – Proverb

Category:
Advice

I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Womens restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. – Lynda Barry

Category:
funny