Benjamin Franklin quotes was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States Born: 01/17/1706 Died: 04/17/1790 Country: usa

• Love well, whip well. (Benjamin Franklin) [love]
• Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. (Benjamin Franklin)
• Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. (Benjamin Franklin) [being/shame/being]
• Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. (Benjamin Franklin) [forget/teach/remember]
• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. (Benjamin Franklin) [thing/give/forgiveness/opponent]
• Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. (Benjamin Franklin) [growth/civilization & progress/words]
• Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (Benjamin Franklin) [desire/give/order/security]
• Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. (Benjamin Franklin) [remember/right/thing/right]
• The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. (Benjamin Franklin) [people/right/happiness]
• Energy and persistence conquer all things. (Benjamin Franklin)
• The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. (Benjamin Franklin) [thing/more/education/ignorance]
• The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. (Benjamin Franklin) [faith]
• If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. (Benjamin Franklin) [love]
• Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it. (Benjamin Franklin) [religion]
• Lost time is never found again. (Benjamin Franklin) [time]
• Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. (Benjamin Franklin) [money/willpower/more/more]
• When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. (Benjamin Franklin) [water]
• Never confuse motion with action. (Benjamin Franklin) [motion/action]
• I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. (Benjamin Franklin) [look/death/morning]
• If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. (Benjamin Franklin) [take/knowledge/interest]
• It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. (Benjamin Franklin) [desire/follow]
• A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. (Benjamin Franklin)
• In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. (Benjamin Franklin) [death]
• Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. (Benjamin Franklin) [expenses/willpower/ship]
• Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. (Benjamin Franklin) [/promises/death]
• If you desire many things, many things will seem few. (Benjamin Franklin) [desire/willpower]
• Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. (Benjamin Franklin) [death]
• I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people. (Benjamin Franklin) [eyes/people]
• Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults. (Benjamin Franklin) [love/enemies]
• Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. (Benjamin Franklin)
• Beware the hobby that eats. (Benjamin Franklin) [hobby]

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