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
an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown.
Taxes on consumption, like those on capital or income, to be just, must be uniform.
If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
Some make Conscience of wearing a Hat in the Church, who make none of robbing the Altar.
He that drinks fast, pays slow. Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.
The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.
Nothing in the world is certain except for death and taxes.
Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor.
Increase in me that wisdom Which discovers my truest interest, Strengthen my resolution To perform that which wisdom dictates.
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?
If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.