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Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving, it sets you above him.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

Quotes

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Nothing so popular as goodness.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

Works

Thomas Jefferson · 1825
Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith

A letter of moral and practical advice on virtue, duty, self-discipline, personal conduct, religion, and relations with others.

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