Benjamin Franklin Quotes, Familiar Today
Benjamin Franklin quotes come from the mouth and writings of one of The United States' founding fathers. Also known as The Mediator and The Harmonious Human Multitude, his face still graces U.S. currency, and his quotes are used in everyday conversation.
This man, who was said to dress like a pauper but match the world's greatest wits, has given us a plethora of wisdom-filled phrases.
Sources of Benjamin Franklin Quotes
During his boyhood, Ben worked for his brother, James, as a printer's apprentice. There, he began his writing career, posing as Silence Dogood, a mysterious, feminist widow.Some quotes by Benjamin Franklin were penned during his years of owning the Pennsylvania Gazette. He also worked there as an aliased contributor, cartoonist, and printer. Other Benjamin Franklin quotations come from Poor Richard's Almanac. He wrote the almanac under the penname of Richard Saunders.
Many quotes from Benjamin Franklin come from his times establishing The Philosophical Society, The Library Company, The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, and The Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance against Loss by Fire. All of these establishments stand today.
Benjamin Franklin Quotes from the Inventor, Scientist, and Politician
Ben went on to invent the Frankin Stove, bifocals, the glass armonica, swim fins, and other devices. He also famously discovered electricity by flying a kite, with a metal key secured to its tail, during a thunder storm.Benjamin was one of the five members of the Second Continental Congress, who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Franklin's popularity grew in France, where he signed a Treaty of Alliance with Americans. After America gained freedom in the Revolution, he signed the Treaty of Paris.
At home, he served as President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania and as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He also signed the Constitution and authored the Anti-Slavery Treatise in 1789.
Benjamin Franklin Quotes for Posterity
There's no doubt that Ben made valuable, almost innumerable contributions to English, French, and American History. And today, every Benjamin Franklin quote delivers wisdom that is ageless, timeless, and always relevant.Benjamin Franklin Quick Facts
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790
Nationality: American
Education: 2 years of grammar school, honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale, honorary doctorate from Oxford University
Occupation: printer, journalist, author, politician, inventor, scientist
Interests/Hobbies: music playing and composition, chess, public affairs, philanthropy, civic activism
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
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"The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Love your neighbor - but don't pull down your hedge." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing." - Benjamin Franklin
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"At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that the stuff life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." - Benjamin Franklin
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"Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it." - Benjamin Franklin
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