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If you have a mind to exercise or show your judgment, do it in playing your own game, when you have an opportunity, not in criticising, or meddling with, or counselling the play of others.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If you have a mind to exercise or show your judgment, do it in playing your own game, when you have an opportunity, not…”
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Franklin advises that one should focus on their own game rather than interfering with others, highlighting the importance of self-improvement.
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