Zitate von Benjamin Franklin
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Benjamin Franklin:
Ein wohl gepflegtes Haus, ein wohl gepflügtes Feld und eine kleine Frau voll guten Willens, das sind große Reichtümer.
Informationen über Benjamin Franklin
Schriftsteller, Naturwissenschafter, Verleger, Politiker, Diplomat, ab 1785 Gouverneur von Pennsylvania, gilt als einer der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten (USA, 1706 - 1790).
Benjamin Franklin · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Benjamin Franklin wäre heute 318 Jahre, 9 Monate, 20 Tage oder 116.441 Tage alt.
Geboren am 17.01.1706 in Boston
Gestorben am 17.04.1790 in Philadelphia
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Weitere 361 Zitate von Benjamin Franklin
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None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.
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One today is worth two tomorrows; what I am to be, I am now becoming.
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Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.
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Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
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Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
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Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.
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Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
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Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
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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.
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Remember that time is money.
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Remember, that time is money . . . Remember, that credit is money . . . Remember, that money is of the prolific, generation nature . . . Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day . . . Remember this saying, "The good payer is lord of another man's purse." He that is known to pay puncutally and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare . . . In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
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Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
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Righteousness, or justice, is undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two nobler virtues, industry and frugality, which tend more to increase the wealth, power and grandeur of the community, than all the others without them.
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Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.
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Sloth, like rush, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always right.
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Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the key often used is always bright.
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So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
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Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.
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Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
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Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.