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.
An education is the investment with the greatest returns.
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.
Those things that hurt, instruct.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.
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.
Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting.
What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.
A little neglect may breed great mischief.
What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue