Benjamin Franklin Quotes

These are some assorted quotes from Benjamin Franklin.

Newest Quotes

If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some. -- Benjamin Franklin

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book. -- Benjamin Franklin

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. -- Benjamin Franklin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -- Benjamin Franklin

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. -- Benjamin Franklin

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. -- Benjamin Franklin

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -- Benjamin Franklin

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. -- Benjamin Franklin

Creditors have better memories than debtors. -- Benjamin Franklin

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. -- Benjamin Franklin

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of. -- Benjamin Franklin

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society. -- Benjamin Franklin

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature. -- Benjamin Franklin

Games lubricate the body and the mind. -- Benjamin Franklin

Genius without education is like silver in the mine. -- Benjamin Franklin

Half a truth is often a great lie. -- Benjamin Franklin

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him. -- Benjamin Franklin

He that cannot obey, cannot command. -- Benjamin Franklin

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did. -- Benjamin Franklin

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. -- Benjamin Franklin

Lost time is never found again. -- Benjamin Franklin

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. -- Benjamin Franklin

Would you live with ease? Do what you ought, not what you please. -- Benjamin Franklin

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants. -- Benjamin Franklin

Never confuse motion with action. -- Benjamin Franklin

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. -- Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin

You may delay, but time will not. -- 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

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife? -- Benjamin Franklin

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. -- Benjamin Franklin

Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. -- Benjamin Franklin

When the well's dry, we know the worth of water. -- Benjamin Franklin

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. -- Benjamin Franklin

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends. -- Benjamin Franklin

Older Quotes

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. -- Ben Franklin

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. -- Benjamin Franklin

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