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
He makes a Foe who makes a jest.
He may well win the race that runs by himself
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people, is that they don't want to discourage it completely.
There is much money given to be laught at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A's fine horse, and B's fine house
There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him.
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.
Here comes Courage! that seized the lion absent, and run away from the present mouse
Had I revenged wrong, I had not worn my skirts so long.
Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.
Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing
Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that's aground knows where the shoal doth lie
The painful Preacher, like a candle bright, Consumes himself in giving others Light.
We must hang together or assuredly we shall hang separately