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Benjamin Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues
1.Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2.Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3.Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4.Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5.Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing. 6.Industry. Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7.Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8.Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your…
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