If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.
Electricity experiments, founding father
From a collection of lesser-known wisdom
Unknown, likely 18th century
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"The great secret of succeeding in conversation, is to have the address to introduce your own favorite subject, without appearing to take it from others."
Shocking"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Strange & Unusual"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."
Strange & Unusual"For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the battle was lost; for want of a battle the kingdom was lost;…"
Shocking"Remember that time is money."
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