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
It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England.
Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.
Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.
I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
When you are finished changing, you are finished.
Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.
The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'
By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.
The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a reformation in religion.
Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!
The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.