In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. – Benjamin Franklin
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. – Benjamin Franklin
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. – Benjamin Franklin
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. – Benjamin Franklin
Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. We go forth austere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of Destiny, and will not turn on our heel to save our life: but a book, or a bust, or only the sound of a name, shoots a spark through the nerves, and we suddenly believe in will… – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men: Seven Lectures, “IV: Montaigne; Or, the