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
On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.
Great talkers are little doers.
Great talkers, little doers.
Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge.
He that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong.
Why does the blind man's wife paint herself.
Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
If you would know the value of money; go, and try to borrow some! For, he that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing! and indeed, so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again!
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue
The school looks very good. The uniforms are a good thing. It will be easy for my wife. She won't have to fight about clothes.
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.