Quotes by Benjamin Franklin with faults

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

American statesman and physicist

Lived from: 1706 - 1790

Category: Politics | Scientists Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 17 january 1706 Died: 17 april 1790

  • Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
  • Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
  • Remember that credit is money.

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  • A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
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  • How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
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  • I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.
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  • I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.
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  • Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
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  • Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
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What are the most famous quotes from Benjamin Franklin?

The two most famous quotes from Benjamin Franklin are:

  • "A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance."
  • "How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them."

When did Benjamin Franklin live?

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in the year 1790.