Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

About Benjamin Franklin:

Benjamin Franklin is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and a university.
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The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Benjamin Franklin

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Benjamin Franklin

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Benjamin Franklin

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Benjamin Franklin

Mine is better than ours.

Benjamin Franklin

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Benjamin Franklin

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

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Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Benjamin Franklin

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Benjamin Franklin

...as I am not fond of giving advice,having seldom seen it taken

Benjamin Franklin

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

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If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

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I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.

Benjamin Franklin

Games lubricate the body and mind.

Benjamin Franklin

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

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... a book indeed sometimes debauched me from my work....

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How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!

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Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no ambition corrupt thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollily; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

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Most people die at 25 and aren’t buried until they’re 75.

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Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

Benjamin Franklin

That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God - when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of p...

Benjamin Franklin

Author Bio

  • NameBenjamin Franklin
  • DescriptionAmerican author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat
  • AliasesThe First American; Silence Dogood; Ben Franklin
  • BornJanuary 17, 1706
  • DiedApril 17, 1790
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Politician; Publisher; Printer; Political Theorist; Postmaster; Inventor; Political Activist; Statesman; Diplomat; Dilettante; Polymath; Chess Player; Designer; Musician; Political Philosopher; Autobiographer
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Copley Medal