Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, 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. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by icarter over 2 years ago

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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by jimmydaniels about 2 years ago

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Remember that time is money.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by robotnic over 2 years ago

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At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by robotnic over 2 years ago

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Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by hohansen about 2 years ago

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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by tsh 6 months ago

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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by robotnic almost 3 years ago

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by Bakeneko over 2 years ago

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Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by Lucasstanley over 2 years ago

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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by amygustafson over 1 year ago

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A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by pandorasinbox almost 3 years ago

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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by pandorasinbox almost 3 years ago

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A small leak can sink a great ship.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by pandorasinbox almost 3 years ago

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What is the use of a new-born child?

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by robotnic over 2 years ago

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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

Submitted by meganwhelan almost 2 years ago

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I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good I know of everybody.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by jsmdpt over 2 years ago

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There can't be good living where there is not good drinking.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by ashaj over 2 years ago

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On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet as I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by jaybug 9 months ago

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They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by benlithgow over 2 years ago

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Submitted by robotnic over 2 years ago

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