Quote by Benjamin Franklin
A little neglect may breed great mischief. - Benjamin Franklin

A little neglect may breed great mischief. – Benjamin Franklin

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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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In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. – Benjamin Franklin

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We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness. – Benjamin Franklin

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Taxation
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Neglect, Negligence
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It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application. – Samuel Smiles

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. – Samuel Johnson

Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. – Owen Felltham

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