Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.
Benjamin FranklinNor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; 'tis enough to know the Laws themselves.
Benjamin FranklinTo expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.
Benjamin Franklin