Tag: benjamin franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: Work
“It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Justice
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ― Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: All born ignorant
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. “ —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Wealth
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Human felicity
“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Never a good war or a bad peace
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Eyes of other people
“Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense. The feet demand shoes, the legs stockings, the rest of the body clothing, and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes […]
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Benjamin Franklin: Little chance
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Valet de place
“I have long observed one rule which prevents any inconveniences from such practices. It is simply this: to be concerned in no affairs I should blush to have made public, and to do nothing but what spies may see and welcome. When a man’s actions are just and honorable, the more they are known, the […]
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Benjamin Franklin: Difference between failure and success
“The difference between failure and success is the difference between doing something almost right and doing something right.” – Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Wrong thing in the tempting place
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing in the tempting place.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Minding what others say
“Such is the vanity of mankind that minding what others say is a much surer way of pleasing them than talking well ourselves.” ~ Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Praise her to her girl friends
“To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Little strokes
Little Strokes, Fell great oaks. -Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor (17 Jan 1706-1790).
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Benjamin Franklin: Better man
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: Closing constitutional speech
Benjamin Franklin’s Closing Speech at the Constitutional Convention, September 17, 1787 Mr President, I confess that I do not entirely approve this Constitution at present, but sir, I am not sure I shall never approve it: for having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to […]
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Benjamin Franklin: Best or fittest
“The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Passion and reason
“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” —Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Liberty versus security
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. ” ~Benjamin Franklin. Embed from Getty Images
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Benjamin Franklin: Injuries and benefits
“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. ” Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Trade
“No nation was ever ruined by trade.” ~Benjamin Franklin Embed from Getty Images
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Benjamin Franklin: Tricks and treachery
“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.” ~Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: Strictest law, severest injustice
“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.” ~Benjamin Franklin.
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Benjamin Franklin: Marriage and love
Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. —Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: Love, absence and presence
“Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. ” Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin: Small bundle
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ” Benjamin Franklin
Quite a Quote! 