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• A good conscience is a continued Christmas. -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• The difference between a misfortune and a calamity?
  If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune....
• The difference between a misfortune and a calamity?
  If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune....
• He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -- Benjamin Frankli
• There is a difference between a reason that sounds good and good reason.
• There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between counsel of a friend and a flatterer.
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• Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one. Benjamin Frankli