Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an American inventor, journalist, printer, diplomat, and statesman.
Found 199 thoughts of Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
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
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.
Benjamin Franklin
Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
Benjamin Franklin
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
Benjamin Franklin
Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
Benjamin Franklin
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.
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There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Benjamin Franklin
Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout.
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Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
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The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
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Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
Benjamin Franklin
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Benjamin Franklin
