Whose words? Today

22 October 2026 · day 2026-10-22

1. Which line did Benjamin Franklin write?

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   How Benjamin Franklin sounds: A rule of thumb about work, thrift and time, put plainly, with a debt or a purse never far off.

   Think in the morning, act in the noon, eat in the evening, sleep in the night.

   “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day.”

   The progress of the superior man is upwards; the progress of the mean man is downwards.

   the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave

2. Which line did William Blake write?

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   How William Blake sounds: A proverb that turns common sense on its head: short, certain, and a little dangerous.

   This man seldom speaks; when he does, he is sure to hit the point.

   “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.”

   industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.

   When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius.

3. Which line did Lewis Carroll write?

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   How Lewis Carroll sounds: Someone in Wonderland speaking in perfect logic about something that makes no sense, with a stage direction.

   The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

   Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.

   The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

   “The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday—but never jam to-day.”

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