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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. - Benjamin F

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason. – Benjamin Franklin

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Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences. – Benjamin Franklin

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. – Benjamin Franklin

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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin

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That which proves too much, proves nothing! – Proverb

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That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so often. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth. – Proverb

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If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. – Benjamin Franklin

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