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
Tart words make no friends; a spoonful or honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar
Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame
It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
It is the observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own
The busy man has few idle visitors, to the boiling pot, the flies come out.
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment.
A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten thousands are devoured by men
Ay, we must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately
A small leak can sink a great ship.
At the workman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter
Dewey felt that since ideals are not perfectly attainable, they may demoralize students who try to measure up to them. The general tendency of reading good history must be to fix in the minds of youth deep impressions of the beauty and usefulness of virtue of all kinds, public spirit, fortitude, etc.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold
Don't you know, that all wives are in the right? It may be you don't, for you are yet a young husband