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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting. – 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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When life throws you scraps, make a quilt. – Author Unknown

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Woman has relied heretofore too entirely for her support on the needle – that one-eyed demon of destruction that slays thousands annually; that evil genius of our sex, which, in spite of all our devotion, will never make us healthy, wealthy, or wise. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Sewing: A creative mess is better than tidy idleness. – Author Unknown

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As ye sew, so shall ye rip. – Author Unknown

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Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: That you are dreadfully like other people. – James Russell Lowell, “Democracy Address,” Birmingham, England, 6 October 1884

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