Quotes

Today I thought I would have some fun with quotes from Ben Franklin.

Take a look at some of his quotes and see how they have stood the test of time.



Benjamin Franklin was one of the best known Founding Fathers of the United States.

He was a leading author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat.


(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)


And I quote:

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”

“Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.”

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

“There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”

“In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.”

“There was never a good war or a bad peace.”

“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.”

“Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.”

“There's small revenge in words, but words may be greatly revenged.”

“There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.”

“There is no little enemy.”

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

“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.”

“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”

“The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.”

“Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.”

“You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.”

“No nation was ever ruined by trade.”

“To be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness.”

“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”

“Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.”

“I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

“Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.”

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.”

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

“Even peace be may purchased at too high a price.”

“Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”












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