Despite being born into a poor family, Benjamin Franklin became one of the most influential figures in colonial America. A passionate writer and publisher, Franklin was also a leading scientist and inventor. His autoquotes compilation is an interesting and insightful look into his life and times.
Discover the most known Happiness, Liberty, Love, Money, Giving, Life, World Liberty, Teach, Frases, Security, Beer, Inspirational, Freedom, Justice quotes from Benjamin Franklin, and much more.
If you want to be loved, love and be loveable. — Benjamin Franklin
Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter’d. — Benjamin Franklin
He who is in love with himself has no rivals. — Benjamin Franklin
Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. — Benjamin Franklin
There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons. — Benjamin Franklin
Love well, whip well. — Benjamin Franklin
Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy! — Benjamin Franklin
The English love an insult. It’s their only test of a man’s sincerity. — Benjamin Franklin
Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults. — Benjamin Franklin
Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession. — Benjamin Franklin
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. — Benjamin Franklin
Love, Cough, & a Smoke, can’t well be hid. — Benjamin Franklin
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. — Benjamin Franklin
If Jack’s in love, he’s no judge of Jill’s beauty. — Benjamin Franklin
Beer is God’s way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy. — Benjamin Franklin
Love your Neighbour; yet don’t pull down your Hedge. — Benjamin Franklin
On second thought, it’s a good thing love is blind otherwise it would see too much. — Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born the 10th son of the 17 children of a man who made soap and candles, one of the lowliest of the artisan crafts.
He learned to read very early and had one year in grammar school and another under a private teacher, but his formal education ended at age 10.
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He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. — Benjamin Franklin
Love of country is the Mason’s deed; world citizenship is his thought. — Benjamin Franklin
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin
Passion governs, and she never governs wisely. — Benjamin Franklin
Do not do that which you would not have known. — Benjamin Franklin
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. — Benjamin Franklin
Life is a kind of chess. — Benjamin Franklin
A life of leisure And A life of lAziness Are two different things. — Benjamin Franklin
Life Is A Beach…So Whenever possible go out and enjoy It…it’s always possible — Timothy Pina
The only certain things in life are death and taxes! — Benjamin Franklin
Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood. — Benjamin Franklin
He that lives well, is learned enough. — Benjamin Franklin
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. — Benjamin Franklin
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. — Benjamin Franklin
One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts. — Benjamin Franklin
I know not whIch lIves more unnatural lIves, obeyIng husbands, or commandIng wIves. — Benjamin Franklin
Hope is an essential constituent of human life. — Benjamin Franklin
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. — Benjamin Franklin
The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife. — Benjamin Franklin
If you wouldn’t live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life. — Benjamin Franklin
I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies. — Benjamin Franklin
Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. — Benjamin Franklin
Why ruin a young girl’s life when you can make an older women SO very happy ! — Benjamin Franklin
Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living’s Thinking. — Benjamin Franklin
Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life. — Benjamin Franklin
Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance. — Benjamin Franklin
No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies. — Benjamin Franklin
A policy of life insurance is the cheapest and safest mode of making a certain provision for one’s family. — Benjamin Franklin
If you judge a book by its cover,a fish will be thinking how stupid it looks its whole life. — Benjamin Franklin
Nothing great comes without enthusiasm. — Benjamin Franklin
He wish’d to please everybody; and, having little to give, he gave expectations. — Benjamin Franklin
He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither. — Benjamin Franklin
He wished to please everybody,’ Franklin later said of Keith, ‘and having little to give, he gave expectations. — Walter Isaacson
Benjamin Franklin was a printer, publisher, author, inventor, scientist, and diplomat.
One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, he helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, he represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
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It is better to take many injuries than to give one. — Benjamin Franklin
We may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security. — Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin
If we give up freedom for security, we are in danger of losing both. — Benjamin Franklin
He gives twice that gives soon, i.e., he will soon be called to give again. — Benjamin Franklin
Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world. — Benjamin Franklin
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. — Benjamin Franklin
Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People’s are so plenty? — Benjamin Franklin
The best doctor gives the least medicines. — Benjamin Franklin
Think what you do when you run into debt; you give another power over your liberty. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one. — Benjamin Franklin
As often as we do good, we sacrifice. — Benjamin Franklin
What one relishes, nourishes. — Benjamin Franklin
Little rogues easily become great ones. — Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin made important scientific contributions regarding the nature of electricity.
Among his findings was the fact that the positive and negative charges, or states of electrification of bodies, had to occur in exactly equal amounts—a crucial scientific principle known today as the law of conservation of charge.
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I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best. — Benjamin Franklin
Spare when young, and spend when old. — Benjamin Franklin
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. — Benjamin Franklin
None are deceived but they that confide. — Benjamin Franklin
Where liberty is, there is my country. — Benjamin Franklin
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety. — Benjamin Franklin
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Those who are willing to forfeit liberty for security will have neither. — Benjamin Franklin
Where security exists, liberty and opportunity do not. — Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. liberty is a well–armed lamb contesting the vote! — Benjamin Franklin
To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty. — Benjamin Franklin
He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security. — Benjamin Franklin
Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty. — Benjamin Franklin
If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both. — Benjamin Franklin
Security without liberty is called prison. — Benjamin Franklin
Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. — Benjamin Franklin
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. — Benjamin Franklin
Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech. — Benjamin Franklin
The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy. — Benjamin Franklin
Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own. — Benjamin Franklin
A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district; all studied and appreciated as they merit; are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty. — Benjamin Franklin
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. — Benjamin Franklin
If your riches are yours, why don’t you take them with you to the other world? — Benjamin Franklin
Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing? — Benjamin Franklin
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. — Benjamin Franklin
Quacks are the greatest liars in the world except their patients. — Benjamin Franklin
The pleasures of this world are rather from God’s goodness than our own merit. — Benjamin Franklin
I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil. — Benjamin Franklin
Joy doesn’t exist in the world, it exists in us. — Benjamin Franklin
It’s the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself. — Benjamin Franklin
The noblest question in the world is: ‘What good may I do in it?’ — Benjamin Franklin
Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world. — Benjamin Franklin
Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue! — Benjamin Franklin
Pen, wax and parchment govern the world. — Benjamin Franklin
Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them ’twill despise thee and increase them. — Benjamin Franklin
The world is run by the people who show up. — Benjamin Franklin
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin
Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist. — Benjamin Franklin
A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds. — Benjamin Franklin
The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see. — Benjamin Franklin
We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly. — Benjamin Franklin
Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world. — Benjamin Franklin
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. — Benjamin Franklin
Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition. — Benjamin Franklin
The first mistake in public business is The going into it. — Benjamin Franklin
If you would know the worth of money, go and try to borrow some. — Benjamin Franklin
Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey. — Benjamin Franklin
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. — Benjamin Franklin
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. — Benjamin Franklin
Dally not with other folk’s spouses or money. — Benjamin Franklin
An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due. — Benjamin Franklin
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic. — Benjamin Franklin
If you’d lose a troublesome visitor, lend him money. — Benjamin Franklin
He that is of tHe opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. — Benjamin Franklin
Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more. — Benjamin Franklin
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter. — Benjamin Franklin
The purpose of money was to purchase one’s freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting. — Benjamin Franklin
Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet! — Benjamin Franklin
Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . . — Benjamin Franklin
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. — Benjamin Franklin
The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it. — Benjamin Franklin
There are three great friends an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. — Benjamin Franklin
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him. — Benjamin Franklin
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head. — Benjamin Franklin
All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books. — Benjamin Franklin
Money makes money. And the money that makes money makes more money. — Benjamin Franklin
In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money. — Benjamin Franklin
He does not possess wealth it possesses him. — Benjamin Franklin
A good spouse and health is a person’s best wealth. — Benjamin Franklin
Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy. — Benjamin Franklin
Let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please Him, who is delighted to see me happy. Amen. — Benjamin Franklin
Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. — Benjamin Franklin
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences. — Benjamin Franklin
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. — 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
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. — Benjamin Franklin
A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society? — Benjamin Franklin
People want to catch a buzz. That is why drugs are illegal, yet people still try to get their hands on them no matter what the consequence. Drugs make us happy, they may not be healthy. — Benjamin Franklin
If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed. — Benjamin Franklin
Some books we read, tho’ few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit. — Benjamin Franklin
