"He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle."
— Benjamin Franklin

January 1, 1970

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AphoristsEngineers from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaElectrical engineersGovernors of Pennsylvania
Original Language: English

Sources

The Whistle (November, 1779); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)