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
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.
To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
All highly competent people continually search for ways to keep learning, growing, and improving. They do that by asking WHY. After all, the person who knows HOW will always have a job, but the person who knows WHY will always be the boss.
That which hurts, also instructs.
There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.