If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. Away, then, with your expensive follies, and you will not have then so much reason to complain of hard times.

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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent."

- Charlie Munger

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"So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly."

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"In old age is wisdom; understanding in a long life."

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"Keep your friends close, your enemies closer and receipts for all major purchases."

- Bridger Winegar

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"Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."

- Zimbabwean Proverb

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