Quote and Sayings by Benjamin Franklin
Some of my favorite quotes by Benjamin Franklin
1) “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. ”
2) “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
3) “A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one. ”
4) ” ‘Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.”
5) “A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. ”
6) “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.”
7) “A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. ”
“There is no such thing as a good war and there is no such thing as a bad peace.”
9) “A penny saved is a penny earned. ”
10) “You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?”
11) “A place for everything, everything in its place. ”
12) “I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong”
13) “A small leak can sink a great ship.”
14) Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
15) “He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed”
16) “Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. “