Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

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

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  • Take time for all things; great haste makes great waste.
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  • Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
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  • That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing.
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  • The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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  • The discontented man finds no easy chair.
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  • The doors of wisdom are never shut.
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  • The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
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  • The first mistake in public business is going into it.
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  • The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.
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  • The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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  • The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
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  • The proof of gold is fire...
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  • The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
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  • The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
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  • The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs of his neighbor.
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  • There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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  • There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
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  • There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
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  • 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.
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  • There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
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