A country man between two lawyers, is like a fish between two cats.

Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanack (1737)
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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

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A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.

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It isn't what you know that counts, it's what you think of in time.

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Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

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In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

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