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Benjamin Franklin

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Benjamin Franklin

Finance

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The value you contribute to society depends on the balance between your positive actions and your negative behaviors. In other words, your overall impact is what’s left when you take away the harm caused by your bad habits from the benefits of your good ones.

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