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
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.
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
Timothy was so learned he could name a horse in 9 languages, and bought a cow to ride on.
When the well is dry, they know the worth of water
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred
If thou hast wit & learning, add to it Wisdom and Modesty.
Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination.
The learned fool writes nonsense in better language that the unlearned - but it's still nonsense.
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue