Tag Archives: Benjamin Franklin

First Principles: Wrong None Through Injury Or Omission of Duty

Posted on December 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Live In Moderation and Avoid Extremes

Posted on December 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” -Benjamin Franklin

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First Principle: In Being Humble, Imitate Jesus and Socrates

Posted on December 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Imitate Jesus and Socrates.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Be Not Disturbed At Trifles Or At Accidents Common Or Unavoidable.

Posted on December 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Be not disturbed at trifles or at accidents common or unavoidable.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Energy and Persistence Conquer All Things

Posted on December 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

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First Principles: Congresspersons Are The Servants of the People

Posted on December 20, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“[Members of Congress] are the Servants of the People, sent together to do the People’s Business…” – Benjamin Franklin (1785)

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First Principles: We Should Better Follow the Commandments Than the Holidays

Posted on December 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“How many observe Christ’s birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” – Benjamin Franklin (1743)

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First Principles: Those Who Follow Christian Holidays Should Follow Christian Precepts

Posted on November 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“How many observe Christ’s birth-day! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep Holidays than Commandments.” – Benjamin Franklin (1743)

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First Principles: Pride Is Among The Hardest of Our Passions To Subdue

Posted on October 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will … Continue reading →

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First Principles: If Mankind With Religion Is So Wicked, Imagine Mankind Without It

Posted on October 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” – Benjamin Franklin We don’t have to imagine that much any more, look at the wars and atrocities committed in the 20th Century.

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