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Benjamin Franklin most famous and impactful quotes
- “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Honesty is the best policy.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A penny saved is a penny earned.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Diligence is the mother of good luck.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Contentment makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A place for everything, everything in its place.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it is.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “When in doubt, don’t.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Half a truth is often a great lie.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Money has never made man happy, nor will it; there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Words may show a man’s wit, but actions his meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Necessity never made a good bargain.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Where liberty is, there is my country.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that’s secure is not safe.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that speaks much, is much mistaken.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A good example is the best sermon.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Joy is not in things, it is in us.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know oneself.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “God helps those who help themselves.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Never confuse motion with action.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that lives upon hope will die fasting.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “When you are finished changing, you’re finished.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Well done is better than well said.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Drive thy business or it will drive thee.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girlfriends.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “A small leak can sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “We must all hang together, or assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “He that can have patience can have what he will.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “One today is worth two tomorrows.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.” – Benjamin Franklin
