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
Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
Would you live with ease, do what you should, and not what you please. Success has ruined many a man.
What have you wrought ... A Republic if you can keep it.
What has become clear to you since we last met ?
Where there is hunger, law is not regarded;and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.
What's proper, is becoming: See the Blacksmith with his white Silk Apron!
There is no man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
Old Hob was lately married in the Night, What needed Day, his fair young Wife is light.
Silks and Satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire
Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, tho' within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongues of others?
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay great ones - with ingratitude
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.