"Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking...." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.
More by Benjamin Franklin
“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”
“One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.”
“That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.”
More on Self Awareness
“To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.”
“If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch Mike Tyson can take and I don't know how hard Mike Tyson's punch is. I don't know. For me looking at me, I think I can beat me.”
“The jealousy that arises from another's achievement is overcome by developing an awareness of and admiration for one's own and other's achievement.”
More on Character
“A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.”
“People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.”
“I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”