Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American inventor, journalist, printer, diplomat, and statesman.
Found 190 thoughts of Benjamin Franklin
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Benjamin Franklin
Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass.
Benjamin Franklin
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Benjamin Franklin
Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
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The nearest way to come at glory, is to do that for conscience which we do for glory.
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: "This is my country."
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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stands a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure, too.
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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.
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Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.
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Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Benjamin Franklin
