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“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
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“One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
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Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.”
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“Well done is better than well said.”
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