Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the age of 84.
He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and is sometimes referred to as “the First American” due to his campaigning for colonial unity.
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents, which could be a reason for his wisdom.
He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He invented, among other things, the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove.
He was called “the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become.”
As a tribute to his varied life and undoubted abilities in many fields, Franklin has been honored in many ways, His name and likeness have been used on coinage, the $100 bill, warships, many towns, counties, and educational institutions, to name a few.
Browse our LifeDaily selection of the sayings of Benjamin Franklin for a glimpse of his wisdom:
- By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
- Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
- Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.
- Well done is better than well said.
- We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
- The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
- It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
- Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.
- In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
- Diligence is the mother of good luck.
- I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
- Life’s tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
- Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
- Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
- When in doubt, don’t.
Perhaps the last quote on our list of Benjamin Franklin sayings is the best illustration of his wisdom.
What do you think Franklin would have thought about what America has become? Turning in his grave, perhaps?
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