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.
Defer not thy well-doing; be not like St. George, who is always a horseback, and never rides on.
Let thy Child's first Lesson be Obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt
Let thy maidservant be faithful, strong, and homely
Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.
Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of, in reference to the Services of the Mind.
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.