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
Marry your Daughter and eat fresh Fish betimes.
Where yet was ever found the Mother, Who'd change her booby for another?
Joke went out, and brought home his fellow, and they two began a quarrel.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.
Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.
Here comes Courage! that seized the lion absent, and run away from the present mouse
Had I revenged wrong, I had not worn my skirts so long.
Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.
Happy's the Wooing, that's not long a doing
Three removes are as bad as a fire
Three good meals a day is bad living.