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FWIW, the original quote in context means something different than most people realize:

https://www.npr.org/2015/03/02/390245038/ben-franklins-famou...



Yes, but it is an apt quote which has been re-appropriated long before the 21st century to mean what it does today. Just because Ben Frank didn't mean it in that context doesn't mean it loses its power.




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