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
Youth, Age, and Sick require a different Quantity.
He does not posses wealth that allows it to possess him.
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
Rules of Health and long Life, and to preserve from Malignant Fevers, and Sickness in general.
Great Beauty, great strength, & great Riches, are really & truly of no great Use; a right Heart exceeds all.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies, Great ones break thro' before your eyes
Let the Letter stay for the Post, and not the Post for the Letter
A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicious about them.
If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a temporary victory - sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will
An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.
For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent.
Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.