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
He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.
I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Never confuse motion with action.
If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue