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
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.
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout.
Punch-coal, cut-candle, and set brand on end, is neither good house wife, nor good house-wife's friend.
The Sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompense
Dewey felt that since ideals are not perfectly attainable, they may demoralize students who try to measure up to them. The general tendency of reading good history must be to fix in the minds of youth deep impressions of the beauty and usefulness of virtue of all kinds, public spirit, fortitude, etc.
Three good meals a day is bad living.
There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.
Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.
The early morning has gold in its mouth.
There is no good war or bad peace
This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and chearful; and with the consciousness of having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily; but on the idle Days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault with their Pork, the Bread, and in continual ill-humour. (Autobiography, 1771)