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Benjamin Franklin: In my opinion, we might all draw more good from it than we do, and suffer less…

In my opinion, we might all draw more good from it than we do, and suffer less evil, if we would but take care not to give too much for whistles.

In today’s wordsI think we could all draw more good from the world and suffer less evil if we took care not to pay too much for whistles.

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The Whistle, The Whistle, letter to Madame Brillon, Passy, 10 November 1779; in The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics and Morals of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, London, 1806

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