Benjamin Franklin's

Proverbs

"Well done is better than well said"

"A lie stands on one leg, the truth on two"

"God helps those who help themselves"

"A penny saved is a penny earned"

"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise"

"Then plow deep while sluggard sleep and you shall have corn to sell and keep"

"Never spare the parson's wine, nor the baker's pudding"

"Who had deceived thee so oft as thyself"

"There is no little enemy"

"It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright"

"Necessity never made a good bargain"

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards"

"If you would know the value of money, try to borrow some"

"When the well is dry, they know the worth of water"

"Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright"

"Drive the business, let not drive thee"

"Sloth makes all things difficult, industry all easy"

"Industry needs not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die"

"There are no gains without pains then help hands for I have no lands"

"Kill no more pigeons than you can eat"

"The sleeping fox catches no poultry"

"Think of the things, whence you came, where are you going, and to whom you must account"

"Energy and persistence conquer all things"

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