Benjamin Franklin
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10 quotes we’ve traced to Benjamin Franklin
“Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none”
Verified“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of”
Verified“Energy and persistence conquer all things”
Attributed“A penny saved is a penny earned”
Disputed“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”
Disputed“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”
Disputed“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail”
Disputed“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch”
Disputed“There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave”
Disputed“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic”
DisputedNot actually Benjamin Franklin
Often misattributed to Benjamin Franklin
Famous lines widely pinned on Benjamin Franklin that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do”
actually Dale Carnegie
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn”
actually Xunzi (Xun Kuang)
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”
actually Anonymous (12-step recovery fellowships)
“We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”
actually G. Stanley Hall
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