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
Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.
The proud hate pride in others.
Beware the hobby that eats.
If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.
I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.
Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
Eat what you like, but dress for other people.
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.