"...I balanced some time between principle and inclination, till I recollected that, when the fish were opened, I saw smaller fish taken out of their stomachs; then thought I, "if you eat one another, I don't see why we mayn't eat you.". So I dined upon cod very heartily, and continued to eat with other people, returning only now and then ocasionally to a vegetable diet. So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.
- Ben Franklin in his autobiography
- Ben Franklin in his autobiography
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Franklin just looks better and better. Thanks for unearthing this excellent - really excellent - quotation.
I prefer reasonable people myself. I also prefer convenience.
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