Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Wit
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If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.
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You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
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Half-wits talk much, but say little.
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At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
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Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.
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An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
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The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
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Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
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Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.
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The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States