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
...It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins...
Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies, Great ones break thro' before your eyes
If you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not.
If you'd have your shoes last, put no nails in 'em.
If you'd have it done, Go: if not, Send
If you'd have a Servant that you like, serve your self
If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few
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
For 6 l. a Year, you may have the Use of 100 l. if you are a Man of known Prudence and Honesty.
Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to the Principal and Interest of his Money for the Time he is like to be kept out of it: therefore
The favor of the Great is no inheritance.
Where yet was ever found the Mother, Who'd change her booby for another?
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho' within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?
With regard to future bliss, I cannot help imagining that multitudes of the zealously orthodox of different sects, who at the last day may flock together in hopes of seeing each other damned, will be disappointed, and obliged to rest content With the