Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing." ~ B. FranklinOnline!
America has never forgotten Benjamin Franklin because he did both. He lived these words of wisdom by writing as much as he possibly could and by doing even more. He became famous for being a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Today, we honor Ben Franklin as one of our Founding Fathers and as one of America's greatest citizens. Although he was born in Boston, the city of Philadelphia is remembered as the home of Ben Franklin. In Philadelphia, you can find both Ben's gravesite and the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial. You'll also find The Franklin Institute Science Museum.
This quick glimpse at the long life (1706 - 1790) of a complex man is meant to help you learn about Ben Franklin and also to let you see how Ben's ideas are still alive in our world today.
To learn all that you can about the Franklin family, try taking a look at the family tree. To learn even more about Ben Franklin and his world, try taking a look at some recommended resource materials, enrichment activities, and a brief glossary.
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Qutoes
-Be civil to all; serviceable to many: familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
-Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.
-Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
-Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
-Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-Drive thy business; let it not drive thee.
-All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse"
-Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
-"Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves."
-Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
-God helps them that help themselves.
-Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
-A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
-"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
-A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
-To be intimate with a foolish friend, is like going tobed with a razor.
-When there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
-"The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all—doing nothing."
-An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

GOOD LUCK.