“The way to see by faith, is to shut the eye of reason.”
Author
Benjamin Franklin
1706–1790112 quotes
was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, forger and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General.
“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.”
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“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.”
“Saving is another form of earning.”
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
“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.”
“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”
“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”
“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.”
“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”
“He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
“Lost time is never found again.”
“Well done, is better than well said.”
“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”
“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”
“Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then be up and doing, and doing to a purpose.”
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.”
“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.”
“Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.”
“A place for everything, everything in its place.”
“Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”