Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last...

Enjoy the present hour, be mindful of the past; And neither fear nor wish the approaches of the last. Learn of the skillful: He that teaches himself, hath a fool for his master.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat

January 17th, 1706 - April 17th, 1790

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