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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was an American polymath — a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His wit and practical wisdom, captured in works like *Poor Richard's Almanack*, made him one of the most quotable figures in American history.

“God works wonders now and then Behold a lawyer, an honest man.”

— Benjamin Franklin

God

All Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

“To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Alone

“Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Funny

“Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Great

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Business

“Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”

— Benjamin Franklin

God

“Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Faith

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Patience

“All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Religion

“Observe all men, thyself most.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Men

“I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Life

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Happiness

“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Money

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Marriage

“It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Great

“The first mistake in public business is the going into it.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Business

“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Peace