Benjamin Franklin Quotes

“But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:life time

“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:happiness humility

“Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:time business

“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forc'd by...”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:wisdom government

“Immodest words admit of no defense, for want of modesty is want of sense.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:words

“There are no gains without pains.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:pain

“So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:reason mind

“In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:passion weakness pride

“Reading was the only amusement I allow'd myself. I spent no time in taverns, games, or frolicks of any kind; and my industry in my business continu'd as indefatigable as it was necessary.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:work reading

“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:reading books

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