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
You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.
He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.
Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
Well done is better than well said.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.