Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was scientist, inventor, political theorist, philanthropist, humorist, and civic activist. He was also famous for his investigations into electricity and for writing ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack.’ Best Benjamin Franklin quotes will make you wiser, instantly inspire you and brighten up your life.
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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
He that can have patience can have what he will. Benjamin Franklin
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
Honesty is the best policy. Benjamin Franklin
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Benjamin Franklin
Energy and persistence conquer all things. Benjamin Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin
He that can have patience can have what he will. Benjamin Franklin
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria. Benjamin Franklin
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. Benjamin Franklin
When you are finished changing, you’re finished. Benjamin Franklin
Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal. Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts! Benjamin Franklin
I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. Benjamin Franklin
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Benjamin Franklin
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. Benjamin Franklin
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. Benjamin Franklin
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
I am for doing good to the poor, but I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. Benjamin Franklin
The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance. Benjamin Franklin
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. 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
Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn’t know how to read. Benjamin Franklin
Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society. 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
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin
When you’re testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet. Ben Franklin
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. Benjamin Franklin
We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girlfriends. Benjamin Franklin
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. Benjamin Franklin
One today is worth two tomorrows. Benjamin Franklin
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. Benjamin Franklin
A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. Benjamin Franklin
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. Benjamin Franklin
In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Lack of it. Ben Franklin
Speak little, do much. Benjamin Franklin
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. Benjamin Franklin
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. Benjamin Franklin
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin
My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but, with this lighter repast, I made the greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. Flesh eating is unprovoked murder. Benjamin Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing! Benjamin Franklin
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. Benjamin Franklin
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. Benjamin Franklin
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Benjamin Franklin
I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no Form of Government but what may be a Blessing to the People if well administred; and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administred for a Course of Years and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other. Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity. Benjamin Franklin
Security without liberty is called prison. Benjamin Franklin
Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow. Ben Franklin
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin
In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin
All mankind is divided into three classes those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin
Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Benjamin Franklin
To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. Benjamin Franklin
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Benjamin Franklin
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest. Benjamin Franklin
