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.
There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.
Trickery and treachery are the practices of fools that have not the wits enought to be honest
Ever since Follies have pleas'd, Fools have been able to divert
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
No workman without tools,/ Nor Lawyer without Fools,/ Can live by their Rules.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
Life with fools consists in drinking; with the wise man, thinking.
Learn of the skilful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.
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.
What have you wrought ... A Republic if you can keep it.
What has become clear to you since we last met ?