Benjamin Franklin Quotes

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Benjamin Franklin

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 17, 1706

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Benjamin Franklin

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Benjamin Franklin

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

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

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Benjamin Franklin

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Benjamin Franklin

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Benjamin Franklin

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Benjamin Franklin

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Benjamin Franklin

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

Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

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I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

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Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

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A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

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If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Benjamin Franklin