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
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest
I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.
Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money
The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.
Increase in me that wisdom Which discovers my truest interest, Strengthen my resolution To perform that which wisdom dictates.
One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.
Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle
He that buys upon Credit, pays Interest for what he buys.
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
He that possesses any Thing he has bought, pays Interest for the Use of it.
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.
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.
Is there any thing Men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?