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
Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Poor Dick, eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick
Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame
None are deceived but they that confide.
Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.
Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.
What is a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpiller drest. The gaudy Fop's his picture just.
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
It is better to take many injuries than to give one.