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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adv

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent. – Benjamin Franklin

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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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The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon ones self to destiny. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Look twice before you leap. – Charlotte Bronte

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Half the failures in life arise from pulling in ones horse as he is leaping. – A. W. Hare

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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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