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
A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.
Great talkers, little doers.
Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year.
What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.
For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.
He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.
Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.
The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.
An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.
I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen, is the Jews.
In whatever country Jews have settled in any great number, they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded, by objecting to its restrictions; have built up a state within the state; and when opposed have tried to strangle that country to death financially, as in the case of Spain and Portugal.