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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Quotes by Famous People - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) had a diversified career. He was a printer by trade, but is also famous for his work as a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist.

One of his greatest accomplishments is his role in seperating the American colonies from Great Britian. Some of his other accomplishments include inventing the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, and bifocal spectacles.

Below are words of wisdom in the form of inspirational quotes and motivational quotes by Benjamin Franklin:

“Some people die at twenty-five and aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.”
Benjamin Franklin

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

"Well done, is better than well said."
Benjamin Franklin

"We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin

"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
Benjamin Franklin

"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship."
Benjamin Franklin

“You may delay, but time will not.”
Benjamin Franklin "Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."
Benjamin Franklin

"The doors of wisdom are never shut."
Benjamin Franklin

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."
Benjamin Franklin

"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."
Benjamin Franklin

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
Benjamin Franklin

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

"Drive thy business or it will drive thee."
Benjamin Franklin

"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one."
Benjamin Franklin

"Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor."
Benjamin Franklin

"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble."
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

"If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect."
Benjamin Franklin

"Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn."
Benjamin Franklin

"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade."
Benjamin Franklin

"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone."
Benjamin Franklin

"I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else."
Benjamin Franklin

"Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well."
Benjamin Franklin

"There are two ways of being happy:
We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier."
Benjamin Franklin

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
Benjamin Franklin

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
Benjamin Franklin

"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."
Benjamin Franklin

"When you're finished changing, you're finished."
Benjamin Franklin

"A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
Benjamin Franklin

"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
Benjamin Franklin

"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."
Benjamin Franklin



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