It is much to be lamented ...

It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin\'s general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers.
It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and also have done as much as he did to make others unbelievers.

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One today is worth two tomorrows.
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Honesty is the best policy.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.