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 do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!
Nick's Passions grow fat and hearty; his Understanding looks consumptive!
If what most men admire, they would despise, 'Twould look as if mankind were growing wise
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength.
By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.
Those who laugh often never grow old.
Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
That it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved.
The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory.
Again, He that sells upon Credit, asks a Price for what he sells, equivalent to the Principal and Interest of his Money for the Time he is like to be kept out of it: therefore
The favor of the Great is no inheritance.
If man could have half his wishes he would double his troubles