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.
I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be
Punch-coal, cut-candle, and set brand on end, is neither good house wife, nor good house-wife's friend.
He that would live in peace and at ease, Must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees
Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of one, nor kindness of t'other
He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
No workman without tools,/ Nor Lawyer without Fools,/ Can live by their Rules.
Never spare the Parson's wine, nor Baker's Pudding.
There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.