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
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.
Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.
To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.
Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed.
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.
An education is the investment with the greatest returns.
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.
A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.
I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.
There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football. 10% talent, 90% hard workEnergy and persistence conquer all things.