Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Business
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Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
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The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
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The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.
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Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.
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No nation was ever ruined by trade.
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They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
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The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
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If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
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Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
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Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.
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He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.
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Creditors have better memories than debtors.
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There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
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So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
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In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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Little strokes fell great oaks.
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Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
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God helps them that help themselves.
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People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States