216 Benjamin Franklin Quotes - BrainyQuote

American - Politician January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790 Read full biography See also: Quotes about Benjamin Franklin

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin

Liberty Who Deserve Safety

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

Me Learning Remember Forget Tell

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

Benjamin Franklin

Silence Idle Must Every

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom Freedom Liberty Speech

You may delay, but time will not.

Benjamin Franklin

You Time Will Delay May

When in doubt, don't.

Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom When In Doubt Doubt

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Benjamin Franklin

Morning Look Name Wake Up

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Benjamin Franklin

Good Luck Mother Good Luck Diligence

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Benjamin Franklin

Today You Tomorrow Never

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Benjamin Franklin

Good Lose Reputation Bad

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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Benjamin Franklin

Success Growth Achievement Progress

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

Benjamin Franklin

Money Will Opinion Doing

Benjamin Franklin

Time Money Time Is Money

Well done is better than well said.

Benjamin Franklin

Motivational Better Well Done Well

Lost time is never found again.

Benjamin Franklin

Time Never Lost Found

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

Benjamin Franklin

Man Small Up Himself Makes

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Benjamin Franklin

Never Fault Present Without

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Benjamin Franklin

Law Injustice Sometimes Becomes

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Benjamin Franklin

Experience Will School Fools Learn

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

Benjamin Franklin

Death World Finance Nothing

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 Value Things False

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Benjamin Franklin

Know Hard Self Things Three

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Benjamin Franklin

Good Excuses Anything He

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Benjamin Franklin

Love You Loved Would

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

Benjamin Franklin

Anger Whatever Shame Ends Begun

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

Benjamin Franklin

Good Peace War Never

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