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
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.
Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
Nine men in ten are would be suicides.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Our necessities never equal our wants.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!