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Wisdom in SpaceThere is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. -- Benjamin Franklin⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dishonesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dishonesty</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sunrise</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LakeSantaFe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LakeSantaFe</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77950/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>Thou hadst better eat salt with the Philosophers of Greece, than sugar with the Courtiers of Italy.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77950/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=badcompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#badcompany</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=choices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#choices</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cleverness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cleverness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=companions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#companions</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#company</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=courtier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courtier</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=goodcompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goodcompany</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosopher</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wisdom</a>

Wisdom in SpaceTo lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. -- Benjamin Franklin⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Eating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eating</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Longevity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Longevity</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sand</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tracks</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iowa</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77749/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77749/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=between" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#between</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#danger</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fight</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=interposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interposition</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=interruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interruption</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=middle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middle</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quarrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quarrel</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=target" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#target</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77582/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>Tricks and Treachery are the Practice of Fools, that have not Wit enough to be honest.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77582/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#betrayal</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cheating</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cleverness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cleverness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cunning</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dishonesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dishonesty</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=guile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guile</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=intrigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intrigue</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lying</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=treachery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treachery</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=trickery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trickery</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tricks</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wit</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy – A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.”For as long as these links works — because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoKings</a><a href="https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm</a> <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2022/01/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it-elizabeth-willing-powel-benjamin-franklin-and-the-james-mchenry-journal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2022/01/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it-elizabeth-willing-powel-benjamin-franklin-and-the-james-mchenry-journal/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FourthOfJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FourthOfJuly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a>

דניאלה סולזמן 🎗️✡️🕎🟦🎥New from Solzy at the Movies: Benjamin Franklin’s Warning: “A Republic, If You Can Keep It”<a href="https://babka.social/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PBS</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/KenBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KenBurns</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TV</a><a href="https://solzyatthemovies.com/2025/07/04/benjamin-franklin-ken-burns/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://solzyatthemovies.com/2025/07/04/benjamin-franklin-ken-burns/</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/62204/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>The Poor have little, Beggars none, The Rich too much, enough not one.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1733)<a href="https://my-place.social/photos/wist/image/1032599902686699531c71d849515825" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/62204/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/62…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=avarice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avarice</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greed</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poor</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rich</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sufficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sufficiency</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=more" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#more</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77178/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>An open Foe may prove a curse; But a pretended friend is worse.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) (borrowed) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77178/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#franklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deception</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enemy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=falseness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#falseness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=foe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foe</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=friend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#friend</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=opponent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opponent</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pretending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pretending</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pretense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pretense</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=traitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#traitor</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=treachery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treachery</a>

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WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/22937/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>Observe all men, thy self most.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/22937/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/22…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poorrichardsalmanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poorrichardsalmanac</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#awareness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfawareness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=observation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#observation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=watching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watching</a>

Dining & CookingHow the potato became popular thanks to Marie-Antoinette, an ex-prisoner of war and French fries <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2128796/how-the-potato-became-popular-thanks-to-marie-antoinette-an-ex-prisoner-of-war-and-french-fries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/2128796/how-the-potato-became-popular-thanks-to-marie-antoinette-an-ex-prisoner-of-war-and-french-fries/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Bolivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bolivia</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/francais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#francais</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#French</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchDiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrenchDiet</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/incas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#incas</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ireland</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarcFennell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarcFennell</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarieAntoinette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarieAntoinette</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NoOneSawItComing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoOneSawItComing</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peru</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Potato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Potato</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/potatoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#potatoes</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Queen</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shakespeare</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthAmerica</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spain</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ThomasJefferson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThomasJefferson</a>

chris actualThe answer to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a>'s 'A Republic if you can keep it'' quote is the vacant stare, toothy grin, and sense of righteousness of the modern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/american" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#american</a> moron.

Larhanya of the Muddy WatersAnyone else watching current events in the States and hearing Leonard Nimoy's voice saying, "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both."<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspoli</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/la" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#la</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Civ4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Civ4</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76844/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin </a><blockquote>Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76844/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=PoorRichardsAlamanack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoorRichardsAlamanack</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perspective</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=age" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#age</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=boredom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boredom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=calm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calm</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=disinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinterest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=era" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#era</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#events</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=troubles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#troubles</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=interestingtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interestingtimes</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76842/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>To bear other Peoples afflictions, every one has Courage enough, and to spare.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1740 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76842/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=PoorRichardsAlamanack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoorRichardsAlamanack</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=affliction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affliction</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compassion</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=others" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#others</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pain</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perspective</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=problem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#problem</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=subjectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subjectivity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=trouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trouble</a>

Daily Stoic 🗿Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. — Benjamin Franklin<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Stoic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stoic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Stoicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stoicism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:<a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> NfLDictatorDon is continuing to place his cronies in key strategic positions to facilitate his eventual destruction of all democratic institutions and fully enable his authoritarian aspirations. Americans need to act before all this occurs.Your Democracy lies in your hands"A Republic, if you can keep it" --Benjamin Franklin<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpDictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpDictatorship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DictatorDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DictatorDon</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopAuthoritarianism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76786/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Ben Franklin</a><blockquote>                                        A Cure for Poetry, Seven wealthy Towns contend for Homer, dead, Thro’ which the living Homer beg’d his Bread.</blockquote>Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist Poor Richard (1739 ed.) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76786/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=benjaminfranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#benjaminfranklin</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=PoorRichardsAlamanack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoorRichardsAlamanack</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arts</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fame</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=respectability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#respectability</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfaggrandizement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfaggrandizement</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=civicpride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#civicpride</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=heritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heritage</a>

Eric the half-a-bee<a href="https://mstdn.social/@calmeilles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@calmeilles</a> A man called Mr Franklin once wrote that he bitterly regretted not inoculating his son for smallpox.” He was a fine lad and only four years old. He died in the usual way.”By the way, this was 1736 and the man’s first name was Benjamin. <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/innoculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innoculation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cowpox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cowpox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BenjaminFranklin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BenjaminFranklin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vaccination</a>

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