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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.

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“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Life

All Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

“He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Love

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Great

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Family

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Failure

“At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Age

“Observe all men, thyself most.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Men

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Happiness

“In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Nature

“A place for everything, everything in its place.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Inspirational

“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Learning

“Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.”

— Benjamin Franklin

God

“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Hope

“I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Great

“Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Work

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

— Benjamin Franklin

Marriage

“Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Love

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Good

“Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Life

“If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Time