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
Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows.
Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.
... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'
This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.
I am in the prime of senility.
Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.
Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.
All cats are gray in the dark.
The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.
A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.