Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industriou…

Benjamin Franklin
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Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., p.68
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