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
A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Hunger is the best pickle.
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Beware the hobby that eats.
Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.
Eat to live, don't live to eat.
Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.
If it were not for the Belly, the Back might wear Gold.
A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
A full Belly brings forth every Evil.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Hunger never saw bad bread.