Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was one of the most extraordinary human beings the world has ever known. Born into the family of a Boston candle maker, Benjamin Franklin became the most famous American of his time. He helped found a new nation and defined the American character. He was a writer, inventor, diplomat, businessman, musician, scientist, humorist, civic leader, international celebrity, and simply a genius.
(1706-1790)
– Benjamin Franklin Quotes –
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
~ Benjamin Franklin
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Lost time is never found again.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
~ 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
The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Those things that hurt, instruct.
~ Benjamin Franklin
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
~ Benjamin Franklin
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
~ Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
~ Benjamin Franklin
If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
~ Benjamin Franklin
If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.
~ Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
~ Benjamin Franklin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none.
~ Benjamin Franklin
‘Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
~ Benjamin Franklin
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.
~ Benjamin Franklin
