Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin   (1706-1790
American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat)






 

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If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him. An investment of knowledge always pays the best interest. -Benjamin Franklin

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. -Benjamin Franklin

Half the truth is often a great lie. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. -Ben Franklin

To try and fail is at least to learn. To fail to try is to suffer the loss of what might have been.- Ben Franklin (1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

Doust thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. -Benjamin Franklin

Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please. -Benjamin Franklin

Necessity never made a good bargain. -Benjamin Franklin

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. -Benjamin Franklin 

Fatigue is the best pillow. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all.- Benjamin Franklin ~ (1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat)

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

All humanity is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable, and those who move! -Benjamin Franklin

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?- Benjamin Franklin

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. -Benjamin Franklin

Never confuse motion with action. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Most men die at age 25, but aren't buried until age 65. -Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat

Kings have long arms, but misfortune longer; let none think themselves out of reach. -Ben Franklin 

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

He's the best physician who knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.-Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)

Little Strokes, Fell great Oaks. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (1706-1790)