If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin
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About This Quote

When you have a lot of things to say, it helps to have a book in which you can write them down. This book will be a legacy for many people to read after you are gone.

Source: Poor Richards Almanack

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