Post 9kDlZc5h2MITcRO5pY by willc@social.quodverum.com
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(DIR) Post #9kDdnz33gAJ1F1UqTg by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:26:24Z
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(1) In those conversations men are never supposed to have according to our politically correct detractors, a politically incorrect friend of mine (they all are), was passing his bar wisdom to a younger member of the crowd.It sounded like Benjamin Franklin's advise to a young philanderer, which would earn that Patriot a mountain of opprobium today, but I digress.(Don't worry, I'll give it to you at the bottom of the thread.)
(DIR) Post #9kDdv5TsA5C9DbQTMO by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:27:41Z
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(2) After many interesting quips, most of which would earn anyone a Twitter suspension and a visit from a SWAT team, he came to his conclusion:After 4 am, with a load of beer inside you, if it is a woman, so much the better.I fear E. Jean Carroll would be left behind even then.Bars do not stock enough booze.Now to the Patriot's advise:
(DIR) Post #9kDe09SIoMVozf6eVU by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:28:37Z
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(3) June 25, 1745My dear Friend,I know of no Medicine fit to diminish the violent natural Inclinations you mention; and if I did, I think I should not communicate it to you. Marriage is the proper Remedy. It is the most natural State of Man, and therefore the State in which you are most likely to find solid Happiness. Your Reasons against entering into it at present, appear to me not well-founded.
(DIR) Post #9kDe6t9dofxASpaeS8 by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:29:50Z
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(4) The circumstantial Advantages you have in View by postponing it, are not only uncertain, but they are small in comparison with that of the Thing itself, the being married and settled. It is the Man and Woman united that make the compleat human Being. Separate, she wants his Force of Body and Strength of Reason; he, her Softness, Sensibility and acute Discernment.
(DIR) Post #9kDeFkra0qJ3M5Mzey by amerika@freespeechextremist.com
2019-06-25T22:31:26.962106Z
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@Debradelai She makes the goats and sheep look good
(DIR) Post #9kDeO7Geb69L9r5Keu by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:32:56Z
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(5) Together they are more likely to succeed in the World. A single Man has not nearly the Value he would have in that State of Union. He is an incomplete Animal. He resembles the odd Half of a Pair of Scissors. If you get a prudent healthy Wife, your Industry in your Profession, with her good Economy, will be a Fortune sufficient.
(DIR) Post #9kDea9QiNrSRL5Wtua by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:35:06Z
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(6) But if you will not take this Counsel, and persist in thinking a Commerce with the Sex inevitable, then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons.They are these:
(DIR) Post #9kDekQHsYxssW9IL4q by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:36:57Z
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(7) 1. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor'd with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreeable.
(DIR) Post #9kDezaRd54DOMb5OmO by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:39:42Z
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(8) 2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility.They learn to do a 1000 Services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all Friends when you are sick.Thus they continue amiable.And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.
(DIR) Post #9kDf4nF2vf4RV6gPVg by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:40:38Z
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(9) 3. Because there is no hazard of Children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much Inconvenience.
(DIR) Post #9kDfB8xd5hFMbBZ440 by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:41:48Z
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(10) 4. Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation.And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old Woman who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his Manners by her good Counsels, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.
(DIR) Post #9kDfKGSKaqWCS1H3rM by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:43:27Z
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(11) 5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever:
(DIR) Post #9kDfoj4ujzCJuPqX7Q by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:48:57Z
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(12) So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one.And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.
(DIR) Post #9kDg0XI0OgbwozbK9Q by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:51:05Z
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(13)6. Because the Sin is less. The debauching a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her for Life unhappy.7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend the making an old Woman happy.
(DIR) Post #9kDg8mKqLDVZnlrJ1E by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:52:35Z
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(14) 8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!!Thus much for my Paradox. But still I advise you to marry directly; being sincerely Your affectionate Friend.Benjamin FranklinFINIS
(DIR) Post #9kDgQ25b1N5TaKxEo4 by KenLarkin@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T22:55:41Z
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@Debradelai Ben gives excellent advice.
(DIR) Post #9kDjiqmtZ2eTtks7Dk by CancerousToeJam@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T23:32:42Z
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@Debradelai Now I have more admiration for the great Benjamin Franklin. Not only did he provide advice, he wrapped it in humor. What a friend to have. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Our founding fathers were just awesome people.
(DIR) Post #9kDkQRd6ShtWc84xjE by Erin@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T23:40:35Z
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@Debradelai I wish people still talked like that! Now, it’s all emojis, abbreviations and horrific grammar
(DIR) Post #9kDkduKt2oSvPQyhlI by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T23:43:01Z
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@CancerousToeJam Yes they were.The more I know about them, the greater they seem to me.
(DIR) Post #9kDlZc5h2MITcRO5pY by willc@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-25T23:53:26Z
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@Debradelai this is all accurate and timely, as I married an older girl twenty years ago today. Great thread!
(DIR) Post #9kDmA3nlUCoBzINgeW by thegoldenpanda@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:00:02Z
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@Debradelai Too funny... & fitting for me & where I am in my life. I just started dating a "young buck" -- 23, & I'm about to be 30 at the end of July. We met at a motorcycle riding course in April, & at the end of July -- I'm moving in with him. My, how we are starry-eyed! He and I were made for each other; we knew that after our first date. It feels like we've been searching for each other our whole lives. We are super pumped to take this journey of life together! #ageisbutanumber
(DIR) Post #9kDmiEEFE0T6Al3jyi by Lemonhead@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:06:12Z
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@Debradelai wow. History and beauty. Thanks👏👏☺
(DIR) Post #9kDnpIJyVXLEqWfmOu by Jaime@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:18:42Z
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@Debradelai Who woulda thought this from Ben.
(DIR) Post #9kDpFaAKsuBbfoGNMG by Lemonhead@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:34:39Z
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@Debradelai I see some old graphic pictures in here, does that mean you are going to post that political cartoon threads? They are really funny and informative.
(DIR) Post #9kDpLTI5MIGI5XhDc0 by Cyn_de_Vita@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:35:42Z
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@Debradelai 😂 Recall the old (politically incorrect) saying,"'Tis better to be an old person's darling,than a young person's slave."
(DIR) Post #9kDqnAKrWjjRMWlSV6 by ilumanous@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T00:51:55Z
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@Debradelai "Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good."I better start studying. Time is running short.
(DIR) Post #9kDrhGFSjJyluwzFx2 by ilumanous@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T01:02:04Z
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@Debradelai I think I heard that song before. Here it goes...https://youtu.be/6EqFVWzOfN8
(DIR) Post #9kDty6zSbXAu2FfHxA by rarity@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T01:27:31Z
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@Debradelai My goodness!Ben Franklin wasn’t only brilliant — he was also very sensitive!
(DIR) Post #9kDy2R3cKxtJFNvVMe by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T02:13:07Z
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@rarity To which, I am persuaded, he owed his amazing success with ladies of all ages in two continents.The man was a legend in his own time.
(DIR) Post #9kE0KUJPAuU8Si2yBs by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T02:38:47Z
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@Jaime Wait till I tell you the one about farts.Franklin, like the Universe, is infinite.
(DIR) Post #9kE0OTAlLxKq5Qu3Vo by Debradelai@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T02:39:31Z
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@Lemonhead Still looking, I will.
(DIR) Post #9kE1RwB84APmrzIA76 by Lemonhead@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T02:51:20Z
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@Debradelai ☺👏thanks
(DIR) Post #9kE2cnBJxNUU6d7b1s by EarlThePearls@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T03:04:30Z
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@DebradelaiWhatever floats her boat 😵
(DIR) Post #9kE3sNXz8HdbBoic9Q by Angela@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T03:18:32Z
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@Debradelai They are so grateful! I am laughing. My fave was #9I love all of this thread.
(DIR) Post #9kEk2VmTZRx5hG0jWi by Jaime@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T11:10:58Z
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@Debradelai Good Morning! Are they silent and deadly? 😂Looking forward 👍
(DIR) Post #9kEtic8DFUUf8uKRtY by MaggieMoore@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T12:59:25Z
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@Debradelai @rarity A few words about BF in Paris from “A Wicked Company” by Philipp Blom:“(BF) did visit several salons with great enthusiasm, especially those with a decidedly feminine touch, such as the house of Mme. Helvetius, widow of the philosopher...The spry & energetic ambassador had fallen in love...and eventually he proposed marriage to her, an offer she refused.”“Franklin generally sought the company of pretty women...”“In view of his persistant & energetic flirtations...”
(DIR) Post #9kF0tLL0j77nvHNVR2 by rarity@social.quodverum.com
2019-06-26T14:18:54Z
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@MaggieMoore @Debradelai As a result of Saul’s thread about Franklin, I requested from our library the book, “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life,” by Walter Isaacson. They’re ordering it for me from another library.Having just read a little about him online — what an extraordinary man!