All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Humility makes great men twice honorable Great
- And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from… Afford
- People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. Deserve
- Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault… Captain
- Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife. Cheated
- Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy. Any
- He that lives well, is learned enough. Inspirational
- Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet! Fill
- Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,… Action
- Nor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; 'tis enough to know the Laws themselves. Deep Thought
- "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.… Analytic
- Industry pays debts, while despair increases them. Business
- The borrower is slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor. Borrower
- I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those… America
- Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle. Debt
- Lying rides upon debt's back. Debt
- Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other. Best
- Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running. Blinds
- The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine. Exquisite
- What you would seem to be, be really. Funny
- Man is a tool-making animal Animal
- When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their… Advantage
- If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may… Angry
- Marry above thy match and you will get a master. Inspirational
- [It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the… Bad