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It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

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Benjamin Franklin

(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General.

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    Es el hombre trabajador el hombre feliz. Es el hombre ocioso el que es el hombre miserable.

    đó là người đàn ông làm việc là người đàn ông hạnh phúc. đó là người đàn ông nhàn rỗi là người đàn ông khốn khổ.

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