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Frankisms
Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.
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“Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak. — John Selden, 15841654”
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“First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832), Proverbs in Prose”
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“For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. — Samuel Johnson”
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“For every problem there is one solution which is simple, neat, and wrong. — H. L. Mencken”
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“For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horseshoe nail. — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac”
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“Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi”
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“Getting angry can sometimes be like leaping into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the motor, taking off at high speed and then discovering the brakes are out of order. — Maggie Scarf”
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“God commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. — Martin Luther”
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“God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. — Josiah Gilbert Holland”
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“God governs the world, and we have only to do our duty wisely, and leave the issue to him. — John Jay”
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“God has given us two hands—one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding. We are channels made for sharing. — Billy Graham”
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“God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh. — Voltaire”
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“God must have loved the plain people: He made so many of them. — Abraham Lincoln”
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“Good fortune, like ripe fruit, ought to be enjoyed while it is present. — Epictetus”
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“Grace can’t be found outside the truth of suffering. Name your blindness and give it light. — Natalie Goldberg”
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“Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. — St. Augustine”
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“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. — Goethe”
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“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. — Socrates”
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“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“He who cannot forgive others destroys the bridge over which he himself must pass. — George Herbert”
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“He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just. — Seneca”
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“He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 18441900”
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“He who lives to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. — Tertullian”
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“He who will not economize will have to agonize. — Confucius”
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“Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. — D.L. Moody”
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“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of water. — Rivarol”
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“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. — Thomas Umstattd”
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“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Stephen Butler Leacock”
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“I am always content with what happens. For I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose. — Epictetus”
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“I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Socrates”
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“I don’t know who my grandfather was. I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. — Abraham Lincoln”
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“I don’t want to own anything that won’t fit into my coffin. — Fred Allen”
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“I have a new philosophy. I’m only going to dread one day at a time. — Charles M. Schulz”
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“I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. — John Stuart Mill”
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“I hold the precepts of Jesus as delivered by himself, to be the most pure, benevolent, and sublime which have ever been preached to man. — Thomas Jefferson”
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“I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. — William Blake”
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“I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. — Lord Chesterfield”
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“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. — Wayne Gretzky”
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