Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well…

Benjamin Franklin
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Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2012). Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack, p.31, Courier Corporation
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Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2012). Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack, p.31, Courier Corporation

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