All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

—Benjamin Franklin

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About Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first...

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He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

—Benjamin Franklin

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

—Benjamin Franklin

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

—Benjamin Franklin

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

—Benjamin Franklin

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

—Benjamin Franklin

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The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

—Robertson Davies

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He who would be a great soul in the future, must be a great soul now.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

—Ralph Marston

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Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

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It’s important to keep your options open. It’s important to live and not get hung up on the past. The past is called the past for a reason. If you are constantly looking behind you, your eyes aren’t on the road ahead.

—Rachel Van Dyken in The Bet

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