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
There's small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged
'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
A new truth is a truth, an old error is an error.
To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the quantity of human ignorance must be in one view rather pleasing, viz., that though we are to live forever we may be continually amused and delighted with learning something new.
I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.
Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
Laws without morals are in vain.
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body.
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.