Menu

 Authors
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W S
Y Z
Get Socialize
My Account
Make Free Wallpaper

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.

Create free wallpaper
(Make a wallpaper or screensaver out of this quote with your image)
When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off. - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin quotes

Author's Biography:
Name: Benjamin Franklin
Born: January 17, 1706 Died: April 17, 1790
Profession: Author | Inventor Scientist |


Related Authors
Anita Loos | Anton Szandor LaVey | Guy Kawasaki | Henry Van Dyke | Arianna Huffington | Arundhati Roy |


Related Quotes

Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships.

Mike Krzyzewski

Everything Leadership Relationships

All genuine education comes about through experience.

John Dewey

Genuine Education Experience

Virtue is the health of the soul.

Joseph Joubert

Virtue Health Soul

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

Maxwell Maltz

You Make Mistakes

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Educate Men Religion Make

You'll never really be great unless you aim high.

Stella Adler

You'll Great Aim High

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Jules Verne

Nature's Creative Power Destruction

Law 32: Play to people's fantasies

Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

Fantasies Play

The best fights are the ones we avoid.

Jackie Chan

Best Fights Avoid We

Pain is the precursor to change.

Mel Gibson

Pain Precursor Change

In politics, an organized minority is a political majority.

Jesse Jackson

Politics Organised Minority Majority

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

Herbert Hoover

Credit Lifeblood Business

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off. - Herbert Hoover quotes