Many complain of their Memory, few of their Judgment.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)
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Not an original sentiment from Franklin. See, for example, Montaigne (1578), La Rochefoucauld (1666).


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