Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Benjamin Franklin quotes about
He that idly loses 5 s. worth of time, loses 5 s. & might as prudently throw 5 s. in the River.
Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.
Have you somewhat to do to-morrow; do it to-day.
...It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins...
If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with to the other world?
Receive before you write, but write before you pay.
One Mend-fault is worth two Findfaults, but one Findfault is better than two Makefaults
In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
He that possesses any Thing he has bought, pays Interest for the Use of it.
Strange, that he who lives by Shifts, can seldom shift himself.
If a man could half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Good sense is a thing all need, few have, and none think they want.
Don't you know, that all wives are in the right? It may be you don't, for you are yet a young husband
for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.