Men Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

A lonely man on a rainy night who cannot read.

— Benjamin Franklin

A man is not completely born until he is dead.

— Benjamin Franklin

Men take more pains to mask than mend.

— Benjamin Franklin

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

— Benjamin Franklin

A dying man can do nothing easy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

— Benjamin Franklin

Success has ruin'd many a man.

— Benjamin Franklin

Humility makes great men twice honorable

— Benjamin Franklin

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

— Benjamin Franklin

The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.

— Benjamin Franklin

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

— Benjamin Franklin

If any man flatters me, I'll flatter him again; tho' he were my best Friend.

— Benjamin Franklin

Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.

— Benjamin Franklin

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

— Benjamin Franklin

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

— Benjamin Franklin

I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.

— Benjamin Franklin

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity…

— Benjamin Franklin

A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a…

— Benjamin Franklin

When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and…

— Benjamin Franklin

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

Industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth . . . thereby [secures] virtue, it being more difficult for a man…

— Benjamin Franklin

It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever…

— Benjamin Franklin

I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct…

— Benjamin Franklin

On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not…

— Benjamin Franklin

And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand…

— Benjamin Franklin

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into…

— Benjamin Franklin

Remember this saying, The good payer is lord of another man's purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to…

— Benjamin Franklin

That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped…

— Benjamin Franklin

If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all…

— Benjamin Franklin

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a…

— Benjamin Franklin

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he…

— Benjamin Franklin

There remain a few people in NASA who are there to accomplish great things; but most of NASA now consists of the…

— Benjamin Franklin

There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did,…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth --…

— Benjamin Franklin

The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both…

— Benjamin Franklin

Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated…

— Benjamin Franklin

This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession…

— Benjamin Franklin

History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected…

— Benjamin Franklin

The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man…

— Benjamin Franklin

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of…

— Benjamin Franklin