Quotes By Author: Benjamin Franklin

“You may delay, but time will not.”

“That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God – when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure-instead of an aid, become an encumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.”

“It’s better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.”

“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.”

“The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.”

“You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.”

“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!”

“Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.”

“Ohne Gedankenfreiheit gibt es keine Weisheit. Und ohne Redefreiheit keine öffentliche Freiheit.”

“The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. Your have to catch up with it yourself.”

“Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.”

“The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.”

“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What’s a sundial in the shade?”