Benjamin Franklin
United States
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
17 Jan 1706 // 17 Apr 1790
Writer/Scientist
Quotes
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Diligence is the mother of good luck
Creditors have better memories than debtors
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail
Beware the hobby that eats
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays