About 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...
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Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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Man loves company—even if it is only that of a small burning candle.
To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.
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