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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1460 |
AUTHOR:
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Benjamin Franklin (170690) |
QUOTATION:
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I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintance. |
ATTRIBUTION:
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Miscellaneous Observations, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, ed. Jared Sparks, vol. 2, p. 550 (1836). |
SUBJECTS:
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Praise |
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