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
In other men we faults can spy,/ And blame the mote that dims their eye;/ Each little speck and blemish find;/ To our own stronger errors blind.
Why does the blind man's wife paint herself.
Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.
God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign.
If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
Bargaining has neither friends nor relations.
A bargain is something you have to find a use for once you have bought it.
Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind
The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.
Certainlie these things agree, The Priest, the Lawyer, & Death all three: Death takes both the weak and the strong. The lawyer takes from both right and wrong, And the priest from living and dead has his Fee.
As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.
Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.
Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.
There is always room for the man of force.