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
Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.
Critics are our friends, they show us our faults.
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.
To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.
Fish and visitors smell in three days.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.