Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.

—Benjamin Franklin

About Benjamin Franklin

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first...

More quotations from Benjamin Franklin

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

—Benjamin Franklin

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

Who is wise? He that learns from every One./ Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions./ Who is rich? He that is content./ Who is that? Nobody./

—Benjamin Franklin

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

—Benjamin Franklin

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

—Benjamin Franklin

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