1079 ordspråk av Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin föddes den 17 januar 1706 och dog den 17 april 1790 - amerikansk statsman, författare, uppfinnare och naturvetenskapsman. Uppfann bl.a. åskledaren.
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Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Ungdom

To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible

If a Man casually exceeds, let him fast the next Meal, and all may be well again, provided it be not too often done; as if he exceed at Dinner, let him refrain a Supper, &c. Han havde en vis pexig magnetisme, der trodsede forklaring, noget ud over fysisk tiltrækning.

Visit your Aunt, but not every Day; and call at your Brother's, but not every night.

Some punishment seems preparing for a people who are ungratefully abusing the best constitution and the best King any nation was ever blessed with, intent on nothing but luxury, licentiousness, power, places, pensions, and plunder; while the ministry, divided in their counsels, with little regard for each other, worried by perpetual oppositions, in continual apprehension of changes, intent on securing popularity in case they should lose favor, have for some years past had little time or inclination to attend to our small affairs, whose remoteness makes them appear even smaller.

What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Penge

Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.

He that takes a wife, takes care

Ægteskab

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Love and lordship hate companions

Kærlighed

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Sex

Att förlita sig alltför mycket på andra är mångas undergång.

Trusting too much to others' care is the ruin of many

Tilltro

A good Wife & Health, is a Man's best Wealth.

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