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
A penny saved is a penny earned.
The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. 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.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.
Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.
I don't believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis.
I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.
Security without liberty is called prison.
Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
Women are books, and men the readers be...