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
If you want to keep a secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self
Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.
Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.
Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
There is no little enemy