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
The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.
What good shall I do this day?
Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.
Nothing preaches better than the act.
Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.
You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.
Beer is proof that God loves us.
Moderation in all things - including moderation.
Promises may fit the friends, but non performance will turn them into enemies.
No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Do not do that which you would not have known.