Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Cleanliness
“Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.” - Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Moderation
“Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.” - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Justice
“Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.” - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Sincerity
“Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly” - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Industry
“Lose no time; be always employ’d in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.” - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Frugality
“Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.” - Benjamin Franklin
Conforming Badly
"...conforming is one of the easiest things to do, and more often than not, the easiest thing to do may not always be the right thing to do." - Brian Kim
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues: Resolution
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” - Benjamin Franklin
I Doubt It
"In Purgatorio, from Dante’s Divine Comedy, it is said the root of every sin is a disordered love. We are the most disordered, ill-prioritized generation yet—it should be no surprise that we laud doubt, loathe decision, and critique certainty." - Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 virtues: Order
“Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.” - Benjamin Franklin
