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
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.
Astrologers say, This is a good Day, To make Love in May.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
Ay, we must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately
A small leak can sink a great ship.
A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.
A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost
The modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in a position of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some dist
You may talk too much on the best of subjects.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
There never was a good war nor a bad peace.