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
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.