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
The school looks very good. The uniforms are a good thing. It will be easy for my wife. She won't have to fight about clothes.
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.
Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of one, nor kindness of t'other
Seek Virtue, and, of that possessed, To Providence, resign the rest.
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicious about them.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
No Resolution of Repenting hereafter, can be sincere.
A fine genius in his own country, is like a gold in the mine.
Fear not Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.
Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also to be avoided.
They that study much, ought not to eat so much as those that work hard, their Digestion being not so good.
They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.