Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are con

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. – Benjamin Franklin

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I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. – Benjamin Franklin

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I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. – Benjamin Franklin

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It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture. – Benjamin Franklin

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Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without distortion and self-deception. Would this not constitute a real revolution in culture? – David Bohm

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. – Archibald MacLeish

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An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. – A. J. Liebling

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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didnt work out, Id take that as failing. – Gavin DeGraw

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This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising peoples prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs. – Paul Ryan

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Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the other three-quarters lives their doctor. – Author Unknown

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