Ben Franklin...
1. 1 good husband is werth 2 good wifes
for the skaerser it is, the more it is werth
2. 1 tudae is werth 2 tumorros
3. 3 freends...old wife, old dog, redee munee
4. 3 hard thangs...steel, diamond, tuno self
5. 3 mae keep a sekret if 2 R ded
6. 3 tipes...kant muve, wont muve, du muve
7. a father is a treshuer, brother a konfort, freend is both
8. a freend in need is a freend indeed
9. a freend is alwaes a brother
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10. a man in pashun ride a mad hoers
11. a man tween 2 lawyers is like a fish tween 2 kats
12. a mous kan bite thru a kabel with nuff paeshens
13. an old yung man will bekum a yung old man
14. an owns av prevent is werth a pound av kyuer
15. a penee saved is a penee erned
16. a plaes for evreethang & evreethang in its plaes
[theer is dispute bout hu sed this]
17. a small leek kan sink big ship
18. admire is dotter av ignorant
19. aft 3 daes, man gro tired av wench, gest, raen
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20. aft krosses & losses, men gro humbel & wise
21. all R born ignorant, but dont tri so hard tu stae that wae
22. all wanna liv long but dont wanna get old
23. all wars R folly
24. ambishun is a fire without limit
25. at 20 the will rule; at 30, wit; at 40 judjment
26. b4 yu point out others sin, look at self
27. bad gaen=true loss
28. bare av virchu=poor klothes
29. be onest & indrustreus. Spend less than yu get. Yer pokket will thrive.
Hunger wont bite. Naked wont freez yu. (Ben Franklin)
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30. be sivil tu all, soshal tu many, fameelyer with a fyu,
freend tu 1, foe av nun.
31. be sloe tu chooz a freend, sloer still tu chaenj freends
32. be studeeus, lerned, industrus & yu will be rich
be sober & temperat & yu will be helthee
be virchuus & yu will be wise
33. best dokter no how werthless R most drugs
34. best is cheepest
35. best welth=good helth & spous
36. better tu slip with foot than with tung
37. beware av small spend, small leek kan sink big ship
38. beware av yung dokter & an old barber
39. byutee & folly R old freends
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40. bi wot yu dont need & suen yu sell wot yu need tu pae for it
41. blessed is him hu spekt nuthang, for him shall never be disappointed
42. ded men dont pae a bribe
43. demokrasee=2 wolfs & 1 lamb vote on wot tu hav for lunch
liberty=1 well-armed lamb kontest the vote (Ben Franklin)
44. diligens is the mother av luk (or good luk)
45. diskontent man dont find the eezee chain (never find kumfortabel chaer)
46. distrust & kaushun R the parents av safe
47. dont be afraed tu make mistakes
48. dont brodkast all yuno, all yu oe, all yu hav, or all yu kan du
b.dont proklaem all yuno, all yu hav, or wot yu kant du
49. dont dally with other folks' wife or munee
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50. dont feer deth. suener yu die, the longer yer nonmortal.
51. dont feer mistakes.
52. dont fret. dont werree bout wot mae never happen
53. dont hallo til yer outta the woods
54. dont hide yer talent. Dont be a sundiel in the shade
55. dont judj a mans meens or peeatee bi his dress-up garb
56. dont konfuze moshun (muvement) with akshun
57. dont pae tu repent
58. dont sae all yuno or judj all yu see
59. dont skrimp on wot dont kost...advise, kertesee
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60. dont squander time for it is the stuff av life
61. dont take a wife til yu hav a hous & fire tu put her in
[????? hous with kitchen????]
62. dont thro roks at naber if yer hous hav glas windoes
[modern...dont thro roks if yu liv in glas hous]
63. dont waste time or munee, make best yuze av both
[kommon vershun="waest not, want not"]
64. dont weree bout wot mae never happen
65. drink dont drown kare, it water it so it gro faster
66. drive yer biz or it will drive yu
67. du yu get mad wen others disapoint yu? depend oenlee on self (Ben Franklin)
68. du yu luv life? Then dont squander time, the stuff av life
69. eech yeer, 1 bad habit rueted out. In time yu bekum nu man
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70. eet tu liv, dont liv tu eet (Mark Cicero, 50 bc or Ben F.)
71. eet tu pleez self, dress tu pleez others
72. eezee tu see, hard tu forsee
73. eezeer tu prevent bad habit than tu brake it
74. energee & persist konker all (konker all problems)
75. erlee tu bed, erlee tu rise make a man helthee, rich, and wise
76. evreewon hav the wisdum tu manaej the affaers av his naber
77. extravagans tax 10 times as much as kongres [guvt]
78. fael tu prepare & yu prep tu fael
79. fall in luv with self & yu dont hav NE rivals
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80. farming is the oenlee onest werk
81. fawls freend & shadow attend yu wile the sun shine
82. fawls freend is with yu oenlee in sunshine
83. first mistake av publik biz is tu go intu it
84. fish & visiters smell in 3 daes (or stink in 3 daes)
85. fite yer vises, pees with naber, evree yeer better self
86. folk wrapped up in self make small pakaej
87. follo faeth alone is tu be blind
88. folly & wikked shorten life
89. for a hous tu be a home, gotta hav food & fire for body & mind
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90. for diskontented man, no chaer is eezee
91. forwarned, forarmed
92. freend=konfort & treshuer
93. freend let yu tell him yer faults
good freend let yu tell his
94. freendship inkrees the less yu visit
95. gain is in dout, xpenses R konstant; eezeer tu make 2 chimnees that feed 1
96. games lube body & mind
97. get mad mae hav a reesun, but not a good reesun
98. giv up essenshal liberty tu get temp safe...dont dezerv eether (17 Feb 1775)
(or...never proper mended)
99. glass, china, & reputashun R eezee tu krak, hard tu mend
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100. god heel but the dokter take the fee
101. god help him hu help self
102. God werk wonders now & then...behold an onest lawyer
[sum sae Shakespeer sed this]
103. God will reward virchu & punish vies, now or later
104. good dokter no how werthless many medasins R
105. good konshens=kontinyed Kristmas
106. good lawyer=bad naeber
107. good spous & helth=best welth
108. good tu sae rite thang at rite time
better tu not sae bad thang at bad time
109. good zampel is best sermon
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110. graes yer hous. Dont let it graes yu
111. grate spenders R bad lenders
112. half truth is oft a hole lie (a big lie)
113. hang tugether or yu will hang separate
114 Hard for emptee sak tu stand uprite
115 Hav paeshens & yu hav it all (get wot yu want)
116. he dont hav welth, it hav him
117. heer (heed) reesun or her will make yu feel it
118. helth & good spous=best welth
119. Him hu drink alone, let him katch his hoers alone
[be freendlee & others will help yu]
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120. Him hu drink fast, pae slo
121. Him hu hav a trade hav an estate
122. Him hu in quarrels interpose
oft wipe bloddy nose [join a quarrel & yer likely tu get hit]
123. Him hu is good at make xkueses is not good for NE-thang els
124. Him hu is kind tu yu is redee tu duit agin
125. Him hu luv self dont hav rivals
126. Him hu speek bad av a mare, bi it
127. Him hu take rest is gooder than him hu take sitees
128. how tu serv god? du good tu man.
129. hu deseev yu as oft as yu?
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130. hu is rich? 1. him hu liv with his lot [original...hu rejois in his lot]
2. him hu is happy.
3. him hu is kontent. Huz zat? nowon
131. hu is strong? him hu konker bad habits
132. hu waet on forchun is never shuer av the next meel
133. hu wont take advise kant be helped
134. hunger is the best pikkel [food taest better wen yer hungree]
135. I am almost sorry I was born tu suen
I wont no wot siens kan du in the next 100 yeers
136. I resolv tu never speek bad av NE-won, even if true
137. idelness & pride tax heveeer than kings & parliaments (guvt)
138. if a man got half his wishes, him get dubel the trubel
139. if a printer tri tu not offend NE-1, him will never print
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140. if evil dont kum, our feers R in vaen. If it kum, feer inkerees the paen
141. If I kood liv agin, I wood fix sum av the mistakes
142. If I was blind I wood not want fine klothes & hous
143. if Jak is in luv, him not a judj av jil
144. if passhun drive, let reesun hold the raens
145. if yer hed is wax, dont walk in the sun (Ben Franklin)
146. if yer riches R yers, wi kant yu take em with yu wen yu die?
147. if yu blo on the koels av a quarrel, dont be sprized if yu get sparks in the faes
148. if yu dont heer reesun, her will rap yu on the nukels
b.if yu dont listen tu reesun, her will rap yu on the nukels
149. if yu dont wanna be forgot wen yu die & rot
rite stuff werth reeding or du thangs werth riting
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150. if yu giv up liberty for temp safety, yu luze liberty & safety
151. if yu got half yer wishes, it wood dubel yer trubel
152. if yu hav a trade, yu hav an estate
153. if yu kant obae, yu kant kommand
154. if yu like it, yer rich
155. if yu neglekt a small fault, it get big
156. if yu promis tu freends & dont deliver, em bekum enemees
157. if yu resolv tu mend later, yu dont duit now
158. if yu spend less than yu get, yu hav the fillosafers stone
159. if yu thank munee will du evreethang,
others will thank yu will du evreethang for munee
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160. if yu thro wood on the fire av others werd fite, dont komplaen if sparks fli in yer faes
161. if yu waet for forchun, yu R never shuer av next meel
b.if yu waet for forchun, yu kant be shuer av next meel
c.if yu waet for forchun, yu go tu bed hungree
162. if yu wanna no the value av munee, tri tu borro sum
163. if yu want a good servant, serv self
b.if yu want faethful servant, serv self
164. if yu want free time, yuze yer time good
165. if yu want pees, dont tell all yuno or judj all yu see
166. if yu want tu be remembered wen yer ded, rite sumthang werth reeding
or du sumthang werth riting
167. if yu wont be kounseled, kant help yu
168. ignorant is not as bad as wont lern
169. in rivers & guvts, litest fluff rise tu the top
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170. in this werld, men R saved more bi lak av faeth than bi faeth
171. industree...sloth make it hard, industree make all thangs eezee
172. industree dont wish
173. invest in lernin, it pae the most interest
b. invest in nawledj....
174. it take many good deeds tu bild a reputashun, 1 bad deed tu ruin it
175. jeenyus without {lernin, skuelin} is like oer left in the ground
b. is like silver left in the mine
176. kat in gluvs dont katch mouses
177. keep konshens kleer & never feer
178. keep yer ies wide open B4 yu wed & half shun after
179. keep yer shop & yer shop will keep yu
[take kare av yer biz or trade & it will provide for yu]
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180. kill no more than yu kan eet
181. kleen yer finger b4 yu point at mi spots
182. kommand yer welth or it will kommand yu
183. konstant komplaent is poor wae tu pae for konfort
184. konstuteshun giv yu the rite tu chaes happeenes
but yu gotta katch it yerself
185. kontent make poor men rich; diskontent make rich men poor
186. Krediters hav gooder memree than debters
187. lae down with dogs, get up with flees
188. large ships kan vencher more, but littel boets shood stae neer shore
189. laws tu gentel R seldum obaed; 2 strikt, seldum enfoersed
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190. lazee muve so slo, povertee overtake em
191. lern from the master
192. Lerned fool rite better lookin nonsens, but it is still nonsens
193. lerned duns is bigger than ignorant duns
194. let him hu skatter thorns go barefoot
195. let the kid's first lessun be tu obae, then lessun 2=wotever yu want (Ben Franklin)
196. let the nu yeer find yu a better man (Ben Franklin)
197. life's tragedee...we get old tu suen & wise tu late
198. litehous help more than churches (Ben Franklin)
199. littel leek kan sink big ship
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200. littel neglekt mae bring big mischeef
201. littel strokes fell big oek [fell=kut down]
202. liv on hope, die hungree
b.liv on hope, die fasting
c.liv on hope, die poor
203. lost time is never found
204. lust dont no weer need end
205. luv yer naber, but dont tare down the fens
b. luv naber, but keep the fens
206. mad man ride a mad hoers
207. make good yuze av time if yu want tu hav free time
208. make haest slo
209. man is full-born oenlee wen ded
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210. man rapped up in self make small bundel
211. man tween 2 lawyers is like fish tween 2 kats
212. many gro old at 25 & R burried at 75
213. many hu quarrel bout relijun dont praktis it
214. many R ruened wen em R rite but differ with kommon pinyun
215. men beleev wot em wanna
216. more die av eet than av hunger (overeet or induldj shorten life)
217. more old drunks than old dokters
218. more yu speek, more others mistake yu
219. more yu talk, more yer rong
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220. most fools thank em R oenlee ignorant
221. most retern small favers, aknawledj medium wons, & giv nongratitude for big 1's
222. munee...the more yu hav the more yu want
223. NE fool kan kritize, kondem, & komplaen, & most du
224. need never make good bargin
225. need runover law. Sum lawyers du the same
226. needs & wants never balans
227. neether a borroer nor a lender be
b. never a borroer or a lender be
228. neglekt heel herts, revenj inkrees em
229. neglekt tu mend a small fault & time make it big
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230. net werth=(good habits - bad habits)
231. never a good war or a bad pees
232. no better kin than prudent & faethful freend
233. no gaen without paen [modern...no paen, no gaen]
234. no ie on a letter, no hand in a pers, no eer tu a sekret
235. no nashun was ever ruened bi trade
236. no shame yu was poor. Tu be ashamed av it is a shame
b. was poor is no shame. Shamed av it is.
237. nuthang is shuer but deth & taxes
b. in this werld, nuthang is shuer sept deth & taxes
238. observ all men, self most
239. old is not as bad as old & fat
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240. on gard is less likely tu be attaked
241. onest or theef...depend on huz lawyer du the breef
242. opportunitee kum from adversatee
243. our kritiks R our best freends
244. out av adversity kum opportunitte
245. outside sho hide inside werth
246. pae wot yu oe & yuno wot yer werth
247. paentings & fites R best seed from a distans
248. plow deep wile sluggards sleep
249. poor hav littel, beggars nun
rich 2 much, nuff not 1
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250. pride beg as loud as it want & yuze hot tung tu
251. pride eet on vane, sup on kontempt
252. pries av pees kan be 2 hi
253. quarrel dont last long if won side sae it is rong
254. quarrelsum man dont hav NE good nabers
255. Rather gotu bed hungree than borro munee for food
256. Rebel ginst tirant=obae god
257. Reed much, but not many books
258. Reeding make a full man
259. remember, kredit is munee
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260. resist temptation is hard for most kauz em dont wanna diskeraej it 2 much (Ben Franklin)
261. rise late & yu trot all dae, kant overtake yer biz at nite
[start late & yer behind all dae]
262. rite herts in dust, rite good deeds in marbel
263. sae the rite thang in the rite plaes is good
dont sae the rong thang wen tempted is harder (Ben Franklin)
264. see-ser did not merit triump more than man hu konker self
265. seek sunlite & dont look for trubel (Ben Franklin)
266. serch others for virtue, self for vies
267. herch others for virtue, self for vies
268. sho off yer wife or wallet 2 much & yer in danjer em will be borroed
269. silens dont alwaes meen him wise, but babbel is alwaes folly
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270. singel man is not kompleet, like half av a sizzers
271. sins the invenshun av pots, man eet 2 times his need
b. sins em invented kookpots, folks eet 2 times wot nacher require
272. sleeping fox dont katch the chicken
273. slip av foot, yu soon rekuver
slip av tung, yu mae never get over
274. small ax kut down big tree (small strokes fell big oeks)
275. so lerned, him no werd for hoers in 9 tungs, so dum him bi kow tu ride
276. speereeans keep a deer skuel, but fools wont lern other wae
[speereeans is the hard wae tu lern, but oenlee wae fools no]
277. sukses ruened many a man
278. sum die at 25 & R burreed at 75
279. sum R wetherwise, sum otherwise
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280. sumtimes I found wot I thot was rite was otherwise
281. teech yer self kontrol
b. teech yer kids tu kontrol theer passhun. all will be better off
282. The absent alwaes hav faults, present alwaes hav xkueses
[we alwaes gossip bout em not heer]
283. The advantaej av munee is how yu yuze it
284. the best av hog is fat, best av man is virtue
285. the best folly kum from wisdum spun tu fine
286. the devil wipe his pants with poor folks pride
287. the door tu wisdum is never shut
288. the good will av folks will be starved if not fed bi good deeds av governers
289. The harder I werk, the more luk I hav (Ben Franklin, tom Jeffersun, etc)
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290. the hart av a fool is his mouth, the mouth av a wise man is his hart
291. the hunee is sweet but the bee kan sting
292. The ies av a master werk more than his hands
293. the more munee yu hav, the more yu want
294. the more yu want, the less yu hav
295. the most kommon fraud is tu not pae taxes
296. the proof av gold is fire
297. the squeekee weel get the grees
298. the wise & the brave dare admit him was rong
299. theer is a diff tween imatate a good man & kounterfit him
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300. theer R 3 freends...old wife, old dog, redee munee
301. time is munee
302. time is the most preshus, dont waest it
303. time kyuer all dazeezes
304. tired make the best pillo (is the best pillo)
305. tri tu liv on hope & yu will die hungree
306. true freend is the best
307. tu be happy, reduse yer wants or inkreez wot yu hav
308. tu be humbel tu supeeryers is duty, tu equals kertesee, infeeryers nobel
309. tu err is human, tu forgiv devine, tu persist=devilish
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310. tu find a girl's faults, praes her tu her girlfreends
311. tu fish, yu gotta risk baet
312. tu lengthen yer life, shorten the meels
313. tu perswaed, yu gotta appeel tu interest, not tu smarts
314. tu see bi faeth, yu gotta shut ie tu reesun
315. tu sukseed, jump at oppurtunity as fast as yu jump tu konkludes
316. undutiful dotter bekum unmanageabel wife
317. vies no her be uglee, so her weer a mask
318. virchu & happy R mother & dotter
319. waest not, want not
b. dont waste time or munee, make best yuze av both
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320. we lern most from wot hert us
321. we must all hang tugether, or we will hang separate
322. we R taxed 2 times bi idel, 3 times bi pride, 4 times bi fools
323. weer liberty is, thats mi kuntree
324. well-dun is better than well-sed
325. welth=industree + frugal
326. welth & kontent dont alwaes go tugether
327. wen in dout, dont
328. wen man die, the hart go last. Wen woman die the tung stop last
329. Wen the well go dri, yu lern the value av water
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330. Wen theer is marriaej without luv, theer will be luv without marriaej
331. Wen theer is no law, no bred
332. wen yer diskontent, keep it tu self
333. wen yer dun chaenjing, yer dun fer
334. wen yer riches multipli, yer kares du 2
335. wen yu get mad, yu end in shame
336. wen yu lak sens, yu lak all
337. werk like yu will liv tu 100, prae like yu mae die tumorro
338. Werking man is happy. I-del man is miserabel
339. wink at small faults & remember hu hav big wons
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340. wise man lern from others mistakes, fools from theers
341. wise man lern more from freends than fool lern from freends
342. wise men dont need advise, fools wont take it
343. wot portans tuno names but not tuno self
344. wot we kood du for publik werks with the munee spent on war.
345. wot yu pretend tu be, be
346. wot yu start wen mad, will end in shame
347. xpeereans is a hard teecher, but fools wont lern NE other wae
348. yer brother mae not be a freend, but yer freend is alwaes a brother
349. yu attrakt more flies with hunee than with vinager
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350. yu kant kontrol wots outside, so kontrol wots inside
351. yu mae delae but time wont
352. yu plan tu reform tumorro. But tumorro never kum.
353. Yuze yer time good if yu plan tu hav free time (leezyer)
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