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
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Hunger is the best pickle.
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
Applause waits on success.
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Games lubricate the body and the mind.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?