"Franklin’s Four Rules for Living
It is necessary for me to be extremely frugal for some time, until I have paid what I owe.
To endeavor to speak truth in every instance; to give nobody expectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word and action – the most amiable excellence in a rational being.
To apply myself industriously to whatever business I take in hand, and not divert my mind from my business by any foolish project of growing suddenly rich; for industry and patience are the surest means of plenty.
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.
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Sir Winston Churchill
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Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you. Give me a pig. He just looks you in the eye and treats you as an equal.
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
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The Balkans produce more history than they can consume.
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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
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Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened
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Personally I‘m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught