Benjamin Franklin on Kindness
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Benjamin Franklin, catalogued under kindness, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #147244: ":It is better to take many Injuries than to give one."
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #187371: "We are a kind of posterity in respect to them."
3 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin on Kindness
":It is better to take many Injuries than to give one."
"We are a kind of posterity in respect to them."
"The Faith you mention has doubtless its use in the World. I do not desire to see it diminished, nor would I endeavour to lessen it in any Man. But I wish it were more productive of good Works, than I have generally seen it: I mean real good Works, Works of Kindness, Charity, Mercy, and Publick Spirit; not Holiday-keeping, Sermon-Reading or Hearing; performing Church Ceremonies, or making long Prayers, filled with Flatteries and Compliments, despis'd even by wise Men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity. The worship of God is a Duty; the hearing and reading of Sermons may be useful; but, if Men rest in Hearing and Praying, as too many do, it is as if a Tree should Value itself on being water'd and putting forth Leaves, tho' it never produc'd any Fruit."