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
He who is in love with himself has no rivals.
The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.
If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.
Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.
The problem with common sense is, it isn't.
Democracy is like having two wolves and a lamb decide what is for dinner.
Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.
An investment in education always pays the highest returns.
Necessity is our quickest excuse.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that "the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong."
Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.
The cause of the South was the cause of constitutional government, the cause of government regulated by law, and the cause of honesty and fidelity in public servants. No nobler cause did man ever fight for!