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
There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.
Beer is proof that God loves us.
He that drinks fast, pays slow.
There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.
He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.
Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away.
Twas Noah who first planted the vine And mended his morals by drinking its wine.
There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football. 10% talent, 90% hard workEnergy and persistence conquer all things.