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
Never confuse motion with action.
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
On second thought, it's a good thing love is blind otherwise it would see too much.
That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.
He that takes a wife, takes care
Love well, whip well.
Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession.
There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.