Quotes for the week: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin was both an American inventor and politician. He was the governor of Pennsylvania from 1785 to 1788. He was also one of the founding fathers of the United States and one of those that drafted the United States Constitution.

As a scientist, he invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and the glass ‘armonica’ among others.

Here are ten popular quotes out of his great quotes (they are many) to remember this week.

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

“Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.”

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

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

“Honesty is the best policy.”

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

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

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

Have a great week.

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