Tag: benjamin franklin
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September 24, 2007 10:15 AM EDT --
I'm curious - taking American Literature this semester .... and I think that of the available essay topics, I am leaning towards the one re: Ben Franklin, and how he controls his image .... i.e. what . . .
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March 25, 2009 12:42 PM EDT --
"There are two ways of being happy: We may either diminish our wants or augment our means - either will do - the result in the same; and it is for each man to decide for himself, and do that which . . .
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September 25, 2007 03:38 PM EDT --
Date books only work if you check them. Of course I knew I was scheduled to teach tonight - NOT!
The universe doesn't care that your dog got sprayed by a skunk and that you couldn't sleep cuz . . .
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February 26, 2007 06:04 PM EST --
Once upon a time, Ben Franklin was reported to favor the Turkey over the Bald Eagle as our national symbol. On closer inspection, thought, it appears that this was a bit tongue-in-cheek of Mr. Franklin . . .
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July 18, 2008 01:45 PM EDT --
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither
Benjamin Franklin
I think we have been doing this. What do you think?
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December 28, 2006 01:42 AM EST --
tell me and i forget.
teach me and i remember.
involve me and i learn.
~benjamin franklin
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May 01, 2007 11:10 PM EDT --
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety.
-Benjamin Franklin
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June 03, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
Benjamin Franklin
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February 06, 2008 10:48 AM EST --
"Think what you do when you run in debt: you give another Power over your Liberty." 250 years ago, Ben Franklin published that adage and many more in a volume called "The Way . . .
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February 29, 2008 07:19 PM EST --
Well done is better than well said. -Ben Franklin
I love Benjamin Franklin quotes. He seemed to have such a good sence of humor.
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June 09, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case, Robert Lee Hall. 227pp, paperback.
This is an outstanding "celebrity-sleuth" mystery set in London during the years Benjamin Franklin was in residence, . . .
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May 12, 2009 10:21 AM EDT --
Benjamin Franklin said, "Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other."
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March 30, 2009 04:12 PM EDT --
Your net worth to the world is usually determined
by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted
from your good ones.
--- Benjamin Franklin
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May 12, 2007 11:03 AM EDT --
How the Mail Went Through
In colonial times it didn’t go through, unless the sender found a friend or relative going in the right direction. Sometimes merchants would take letters to deliver, . . .
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January 30, 2009 10:43 PM EST --
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I wonder how many people will know this.
What was Benjamin Franklin's wife's name?
and
What did she do while Ben operated his
printing shop?
. . .
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January 30, 2009 10:30 PM EST --
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"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you
are dead and rotten, either write things worth
reading, or do things worth the writing."
- Benjamin Franklin
. . .
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February 14, 2009 12:56 PM EST --
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"If you would be loved, love and be lovable."
- Benjamin Franklin
Happy Valentine's Day everyone.
(I said that in a lovable way)
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January 14, 2008 02:56 AM EST --
"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of!"
--Benjamin Franklin
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May 15, 2006 11:53 PM EDT --
As someone who spends many nights each year outdoors, I have come to the highly sensible conclusion that there is a wicked arch-conspiracy by all birds to keep me from getting a sound sleep. This . . .
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February 24, 2008 02:55 PM EST --
I've been a vegetarian for a long time and over the years encountered many people who wanted to have me eat dinner at their homes but felt intimidated when they learned that my eating habits don't . . .
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