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by sreyaNotfilc 3166 days ago
What a small world. I was looking at purchasing the Walter Issac's Ben Franklin book from Audible yesterday. I remember seeing a Discovery documentary about him a few years back and found Ben to be fascinating (before that documentary, he was the guy who flew a kite).

I do know that after a while he did do away with his 13 virtues since many of then conflicted with each other (after all, the dude was a ladies man). I guess its a decent experiment to try, but I think its over doing it to have it as your way of life (well 13 virtues anyway).

I do like the virtue of being Proactive and Silence. Maybe I should practice them for a week.

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If you’re considering reading a Ben Franklin biography, I would highly recommend reading his autobiography as well (if you haven’t already).