Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Injury
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Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.
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Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
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Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.
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Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
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Virtues, of ... Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
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Rarely use Venery but for Health or Offspring; Never to Dulness, Weakness, or the Injury of your own or another's Peace or Reputation.
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Virtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
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We must not in the course of public life expect immediate approbation and immediate grateful acknowledgment of our services. But let us persevere through abuse and even injury. The internal satisfaction of a good conscience is always present, and time will do us justice in the minds of the people, even those at present the most prejudiced against us.
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1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.
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It is better to take many injuries than to give one.
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'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
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Benjamin Franklin
- Born: January 17, 1706
- Died: April 17, 1790
- Occupation: Founding Father of the United States