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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles.

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

Other quotes by Benjamin Franklin

The U. S. Constitution doesnt guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. – Benjamin Franklin

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Happiness
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Benjamin Franklin
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
Gun Control
Author
Benjamin Franklin
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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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Perspective

Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. – Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Perspective

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. – Carl Gustav Jung

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Perspective

Destiny has two ways of crushing us — by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Perspective

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Film in the 20th century, its the American art form, like jazz. – Martin Scorsese

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Art

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. – Sheila Graham

Category:
Passion

The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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Education

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once youre aboard, theres nothing you can do. – Golda Meir

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Age