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
As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.
For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.
When the Well's dry, we know the Worth of Water.
When the well is dry, they know the worth of water
Where carcasses are, eagles will gather, And where good laws are, much people flock thither
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
When Death puts out our Flame, the Snuff will tell,/ If we were Wax, or Tallow by the Smell./ At a great Pennyworth, pause a while.
When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
They that study much, ought not to eat so much as those that work hard, their Digestion being not so good.
They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.
A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.
A man is not completely born until he be dead.