Benjamin Franklin1706–1790The quotations of
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman
1706–1790
98 quotes, most often on Money, Success and Work. Part of the Founding Fathers and Scientists collections.
- “Apology for Printers” (1730)
- letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnaud (17 April 1787)
- Letter to Benjamin Vaughan, on Blackstone’s Ratio (14 March 1785)
- The Autobiography (1818), Part III, p. 108
- Letter to Ezra Stiles (9 March 1790)
Most People dislike Vanity in others whatever Share they have of it themselves.
The Autobiography (1818), Part I, p. 2- Letter to Joseph Priestley, printed in Priestley’s “Observations on Different Kinds of Air”, Philosophical Transactions, vol. 62 (1772)
I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men.
Letter to Benjamin Vaughan (24 October 1788)
