Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people…

Benjamin Franklin
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Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (1838). The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, p.438
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