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
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.
Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.
He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
Fatigue is the best pillow.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
Beauty and folly are old companions.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.