Andrew Shields3d ago

The man-made Self

Benjamin Franklin
Charles Martin

#Poetry #CharlesMartin #BenjaminFranklin #TheSonneteer

https://thesonneteer.substack.com/p/benjamin-franklin

Benjamin Franklin

A Poem by Charles Martin

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Wisdom in Space3d ago

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
-- Benjamin Franklin

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Freedom #Security

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

WIST Quotations5d ago

A quotation from Ben Franklin

What is Serving God? ’Tis doing Good to Man.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/84…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #charity #divinewill #doinggood #God #loveyourneighbor #philanthropy #piety #service #virtue

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations

What is Serving God? ’Tis doing Good to Man.

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P. L. KleinJun 20
"Well done is better than well said." ~ #BenjaminFranklin
Show threadjunglecat_rant🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦Jun 20
@afelia Warum nicht alle Krankenhäuser? Ich sehe hier links und rechts ältere Mitpatienten in ihren Zimmern leiden. In dieser Hitze fühlt man sich hier menschenunwürdig behandelt. Es gibt nicht einmal Standventilatoren aber dehydrierte Menschen.
Ich schätze, privat bezahlte Zimmer sind anders ausgestattet.
#Charite #UKB #BenjaminFranklin #Warken #Gesundheitswesen #Gesundheitsreform
WIST QuotationsJun 19

A quotation from Ben Franklin

He that won’t be counsell’d, can’t be help’d.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/84…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #advice #assistance #counsel #counseling #determination #help #inflexibility #obstinacy #pigheadedness #resolution #standalone #stubbornness #tenacity

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations

He that won’t be counsell’d, can’t be help’d.

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Front Page [Unofficial]Jun 16

How Benjamin Franklin stopped colonial money counterfeiters with ahead-of-his-time science

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/how-benjamin-franklin-stopped-colonial-money-counterfeiters-with-ahead-of-his-time-science/

P. L. KleinJun 17
"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others." ~ #BenjaminFranklin
donutage (Bill Cole)Jun 15

Next month, the flower of Philadelphia's youth will be sacrificed to the city's dark & terrible master: the deathless Lich-King, Franklin.

#Philadelphia #BenjaminFranklin

WIST QuotationsJun 11

A quotation from Ben Franklin

Better is a little with content than much with contention.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/84…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #conflict #contention #contentment #discontent #moderation #possessions #riches #satisfaction #sufficient #trouble #wealth

Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1747 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Better is a little with content than much with contention. See Abigail Adams (1790).

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