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
Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.
When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.
You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.
So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.
The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.
Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.
I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His shameful actions toward Humanity.
He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.
whatever you become be good at it
All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.