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Benjamin Franklin
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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., p.182
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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., p.182

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