Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

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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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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Benjamin Franklin

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.

Benjamin Franklin

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Benjamin Franklin

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Benjamin Franklin
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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Benjamin Franklin

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

Benjamin Franklin

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Benjamin Franklin

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

Benjamin Franklin

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Benjamin Franklin

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Benjamin Franklin

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

Benjamin Franklin

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

Benjamin Franklin

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

Benjamin Franklin

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Benjamin Franklin

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Benjamin Franklin

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Benjamin Franklin

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

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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