Sublime

He’s a fool that makes his doctor his heir . . . Eat to live, and not live to eat . . . He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas . . . Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage . . . Necessity never made a good bargain . . . There’s more old drunkards than old doctors . . . A good example is the best

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other,"

It is necessary for me to be extremely frugal for some time, till I have paid what I owe. 2. To endeavor to speak truth in every instance; to give nobody expectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word and action—the most amiable excellence in a rational being. 3. To apply myself industriously to whatever

Je n’ai jamais douté, par exemple, de l’existence de l’Être divin ; qu’Il a crée le monde et le gouverne par Sa providence ; que le plus grand service que l’on puisse rendre à Dieu est de faire le bien envers son prochain ; que nos âmes sont immortelles ; que nos crimes seront punis et nos vertus récompensées, en ce monde ou dans l’autre. Je

When I disengaged myself as above mentioned from private business, I flattered myself that, by the sufficient though moderate fortune I had acquired, I had secured leisure during the rest of my life for philosophical studies and amusements.

Inspiré par ces réunions, Franklin organisa un pot commun dans lequel les membres du Junto mettraient de l’argent pour acheter des livres à la disposition de tous. Ce modèle se répandit vite au-delà des réunions du vendredi soir, ce qui conduisit Franklin à rédiger en 1731 la charte de la Library Company of Philadelphia, l’une des premières

Bacon caught pneumonia and died in 1626 while experimenting to see if he could extend a chicken’s life by freezing it in the snow.)