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
Without justice, courage is weak.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
Lying rides upon debt's back.
Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics...derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.