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
Vice knows [its] ugly, so [it] puts on [a] mask.
Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
Trouble Springs From Idleness.
The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
He that drinks fast, pays slow. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.
an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.
Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.
I wish it were possible, from this instance, to invent a method of embalming drowned persons in such a manner that they may be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence, I should prefer to any ordinary death the being immersed in a cask of Madeira wine with a few friends till that time, to be then recalled to life by the solar warmth of my dear country!