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
Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest
Learn of the skilful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.
Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert
There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness.
No workman without tools,/ Nor Lawyer without Fools,/ Can live by their Rules.
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart
The learned fool writes nonsense in better language that the unlearned - but it's still nonsense.
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.