Benjamin Franklin was an American writer, political philosopher, politician, and scientist who lived from 1705 to 1790. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States
This is a collection of quotes by Benjamin Franklin.
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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.Benjamin Franklin
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.Benjamin Franklin
Energy and persistence conquer all things.Benjamin Franklin
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.Benjamin Franklin
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.Benjamin Franklin
The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.Benjamin Franklin
Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.Benjamin Franklin
There never was a good war or a bad peace.Benjamin Franklin
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry.Benjamin Franklin
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.Benjamin Franklin
We are, I think, in the right road of improvement, for we are making experiments.Benjamin Franklin
