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
Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.
Remember that credit is money.
Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
You can't tell anyone anything. You have to teach people for them to remember. Let the person experience what you are teaching and they will learn.
When you taste honey, remember gall.
If you would not be forgotten, do things worth remembering.
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature.
Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!
What signifies knowing the names, if you know not the nature of things.
To the discontented man no chair is easy
Yet, in buying Goods, 'tis best to pay ready Money, because,
Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
What pains our Justice takes his faults to hide, With half that pains sure he might cure 'em quite