Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
Benjamin Franklin
A 1779 letter to his friend Andre Morellet

Context

He never actually said the commonly misattributed quote about beer

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Benjamin Franklin

1706–1790

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.

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