Maxioms by Benjamin Franklin
If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,
all the pleasure of doing good read more
If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,
all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his
fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the
sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much
for your whistle.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; read more
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more
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.
