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
He who buys had need have 100 Eyes, but one's enough for him that sells the Stuff.
I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be
Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?
Here comes Courage! that seized the lion absent, and run away from the present mouse
He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face
Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
If wind blows on you thro' a hole, Make your will and take care of your soul.
I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him.
My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk
It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox
He who shall introduce into the public affairs the principles of a primitive Christianity, will change the face of the world.
If thou dost ill, the joy fades, not the pains; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity, will revolutionize the world