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
Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils.
A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.
There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox
If you wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr; should have folly enough to publish it.
Anger and Folly walk cheek-by-jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion
Men take more pains to mask than to mend.
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred