Benjamin Franklin

Country American Samoa
Born Sunday, 17 January 1706
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Quotes 63
Benjamin Franklin is considered the founding father of USA and is leading author, political theorist, politician, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.He was 6th President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania and 23rd Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly. Also has been US ambassdor to France and Sweden. He has contributed a lot to the development of USA.
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Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. Uncategorized
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Uncategorized
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody. Uncategorized
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. Uncategorized
Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt. Uncategorized
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. Uncategorized
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Uncategorized
One today is worth two tomorrows. Uncategorized
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Uncategorized
Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. Uncategorized
Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life. Uncategorized
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. Uncategorized
You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again. Uncategorized
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. Uncategorized
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late Uncategorized
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
When you're finished changing, you're finished. Uncategorized
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Uncategorized
Distrust and caution are the parents of security. Uncategorized