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
For one poor Man there are an hundred indigent.
If it be the design of Providence to extirpate these savages in order to make room for the cultivation of the earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means.
If God blesses a Man, his Bitch brings forth Pigs.
Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Youth, Age, and Sick require a different Quantity.
Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert
That it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved.
Tart words make no friends; a spoonful or honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar
Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame
It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
It is the observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory.