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Benjamin Franklin

Read through the most famous quotes from Benjamin Franklin




He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.


— Benjamin Franklin


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Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.


— Benjamin Franklin


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If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.


— Benjamin Franklin


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


— Benjamin Franklin


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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.


— Benjamin Franklin


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It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.


— Benjamin Franklin


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No nation was ever ruined by trade.


— Benjamin Franklin


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Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.


— Benjamin Franklin


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The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.


— Benjamin Franklin


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Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.


— Benjamin Franklin


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About Benjamin Franklin

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Did you know about Benjamin Franklin?

He facilitated many civic organizations including a fire department and a university. From 1785 to 1788 he served as governor of Pennsylvania. His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of many towns counties educational institutions namesakes and companies; and more than two centuries after his death countless cultural.

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Franklin always proud of his working class roots became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia the leading city in the colonies. He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom publiBenjamin Franklind the Pennsylvania Chronicle a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies.

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