Benjamin Franklin
American statesman and physicist
Lived from: 1706-1790
Category: Politics
Quotes: Benjamin Franklin
Quotes 1 till 15 of 250.
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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
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Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
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Spinoza Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
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A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
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A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
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A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
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A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
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A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.
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A small leak can sink a great ship
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A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.
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Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.
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All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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