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
Doing your best means never stop trying.
Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Speak little, do much.
The cat in gloves catches no mice.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
To cease to think creatively is to cease to live
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?
[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.