Benjamin Franklin was a British American and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a leading writer, politician, scientist and civic activist, he stated many a wise word. Here are some of his most famous quotes.
1. “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756
2. “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739
3. “There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
-Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London, July 1783. Also cited in a letter to Quincy, Sr., American merchant, planter and politician, September 1783.
4. “He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733
5. “Better slip with foot than tongue.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734
6. “Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735
7. “Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736
8. “He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736
9. “Well done is better than well said.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737
10. “A right Heart exceeds all.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739
11. “What you seem to be, be really.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744
12. “A true Friend is the best Possession.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744
13. “No gains without pains.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1745
14. “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746
15. “Lost Time is never found again.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1747
16. “When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748
17. “Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748
18. “Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750
19. “Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750
20. “What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1751
21. “Haste makes Waste.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1753
22. “Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
23. “It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735
24. “Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1738
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