Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

"Perform without fail what you resolve."
280 Quotes
"Perform without fail what you resolve."
Benjamin Franklin
"Teach your child to hold his tongue He'll learn fast enough to speak."
Benjamin Franklin
"A child thinks twenty shillings and twenty years can scarce ever be spent."
Benjamin Franklin
"For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost and for want of a horse the rider was lost being overtaken and slain by the enemy all for want of care about a horseshoe nail."
Benjamin Franklin
"Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge."
Benjamin Franklin
"Little boats should keep near shore."
Benjamin Franklin
"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing."
Benjamin Franklin
"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."
Benjamin Franklin
"At 20 years of age the will reigns at 30 the wit at 40 the judgment."
Benjamin Franklin
"All would live long but none would be old."
Benjamin Franklin
"To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible."
Benjamin Franklin
"Those things that hurt instruct."
Benjamin Franklin
"God helps them that helps themselves."
Benjamin Franklin
"If you want a thing done go - if not send."
Benjamin Franklin
"Let thy discontents be thy secrets"
Benjamin Franklin
"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both"
Benjamin Franklin
"To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends."
Benjamin Franklin
"The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
Benjamin Franklin
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]"
Benjamin Franklin
"You may delay, but time will not."
Benjamin Franklin
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