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
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.
A man is never so ridiculous by those Qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have
Always taking out of the meal - tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom
A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds/ If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.
A Man without ceremony has need of great merit in its place.