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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Poverty often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue: ‘Tis hard for an empty Bag to stand upright.
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Poor Richard Improved (1758)
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Benjamin Franklin
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January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
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