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
Poor Dick, eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick
The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.
Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass.
The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
If God blesses a Man, his Bitch brings forth Pigs.
Nick's Passions grow fat and hearty; his Understanding looks consumptive!
None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books
Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.
It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
Money & Man a mutual Friendship show: Man makes false Money, Money makes Man so.