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
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
Games lubricate the body and the mind.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Applause waits on success.
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Hunger is the best pickle.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.