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
I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.
There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell,/ If we were Wax, or Tallow by the Smell./ At a great Pennyworth, pause a while.
When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
When 'tis fair be sure take your Great coat with you
The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.