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Cincinnati Wine bar with Quote(s)

10 December 2013, 5:33 pm

Unwind us a wine bar just off Hyde Park Square in Cincinnati. The fireplace area is decorated with at least one from Benjamin Franklin, “Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.” For more, see the Unwind Home Page. Image seen at news.cincinnati.com.

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A Penny Saved

8 November 2013, 8:15 am

One of the most quoted Franklin saying, as in this Letter to the Editor: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned. In Poor Richard, 1937, I find this: A Penny sav’d is Twopence clear, A Pin a day is a Groat a Year. followed by Save and have. Every little makes a mickle. In this …

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Wrapped up in himself?

8 November 2013, 7:53 am

Here is a questionable quote: Benjamin Franklin said it well: “A person wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.” Years later, Harry Emerson Fosdick amended the statement to read: “A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.” OA Now: the Opelika-Auburn News. Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:29 am Walter Albritton …

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