“Benjamin Franklin wrote that he would like to be embalmed in a cask of Madeira” — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
“If I ever figure out theis *!___*..?/@* website I'll be the next Benjamin Franklin.” — MSennett Copy Share Image
“Fish and visitors stink after three days, according to Mr. Benjamin Franklin.” — Johanna Moran Copy Share Image
Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed. — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Benjamin Franklin said it best, 'Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.' — Michael Muhney Copy Share Image
[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Pennsylvania, the state that has produced two great men: Benjamin Franklin of Massachusetts, and Albert Gallatin of Switzerland. — John James Ingalls Copy Share Image
I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn -Benjamin Franklin” — Suzanne M. Wind Copy Share Image
[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“Benjamin Franklin was certain of two things: death and taxes. Taoists are simpler. We are certain of only one thing: change, in… — Qiguang Zhao Copy Share Image
“In America, Benjamin Franklin famously risked his life by flying a kite in an electrical storm.” — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
“I don't really care. The whole division can hate me. The whole roster can hate me. The whole of America can hate… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
My ideal man is Benjamin Franklin-the figure in American history most worthy of emulation ... Franklin is my ideal of a whole… — Isidor Isaac Rabi Copy Share Image
“Benjamin Franklin, said: “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Elsewhere in the journal, he transcribes the rules laid down by Benjamin Franklin as a prescription for happiness and success: “Eat not… — Harold Schechter Copy Share Image
“Benjamin Franklin put it at a time of similiar uncertainty: “those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
It would be easy to assume that the open letter is a symptom of the Internet age. Such is not the case.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Classing Jefferson with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, both of whom were also reluctant to speak at length in public, Adams said,… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“When Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor and publisher, was serving as the American ambassador to France, he often impressed French intellectual with… — Paul Kropp Copy Share Image
“The mysterious Enoch Root meets 8-year-old Benjamin Franklin, Boston, 1713: "Do I look like a schoolmaster to you?" "No, but you talk… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with the enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Homer, in the second book of the Iliad says with fine enthusiasm, "Give me masturbation or give me death." Caesar, in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Hang together, or hang separately. Benjamin Franklin is a genius.” — Renay Williams Copy Share Image
One day, I saw a statue of Benjamin Franklin, and I said to myself, 'I can do that kind of work, too.' — Edmonia Lewis Copy Share Image
By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence." — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“People who have become great like Benjamin Franklin only became great because they learned how to invest time into improving whatever it… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
I dont care what Jim says, that is not Benjamin Franklin. I am 99% sure. — Dwight Schrute Copy Share Image
“Benjamin Franklin once observed, “While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens… — Wayne W. Dyer Copy Share Image
[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I'm often asked, 'Why didn't Benjamin Franklin ever become president?' My short, easy answer is: He died. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
![“[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/696/gordon-s-wood-13199_america_benjamin-franklin-may-be-a-great-philoso_1884498.jpg)
![“[John] Adams never hid his jealousy and resentment of the other Founders, especially Benjamin Franklin.” quote by Gordon S. Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53f/gordon-s-wood-13199_founders_john-adams-never-hid-his-jealousy-and-re_1886761.jpg)
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![“[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.” quote by Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7df/calvin-coolidge-764_china_sun-yat-sen-is-a-combined-benjamin-frank_2144431.jpg)
