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
Punch-coal, cut-candle, and set brand on end, is neither good house wife, nor good house-wife's friend.
Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
Changing Countries or Beds, cures neither a bad Manager, nor a Fever.
He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust
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?
Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women, and of inexperienced youth of both sexes, who have need of the motives of religion to restrain them from vice, to support their virtue, and retain them in the pract