Wisdom in SpaceTim was so learned he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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Kurt KremitzkiThis is one of my absolute favorite #paintings, #BenjaminFranklin Drawing #Electricity From The Sky. It suggests a certain virtue I wish was more celebrated in modern #America.
One today is worth two tomorrows.
-- Benjamin Franklin
WIST QuotationsA good Example is the best sermon.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)
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Madelaine DrohanBenjamin Franklin was in Saratoga on his way to Canada in 1776 when he began to have doubts about whether he and two colleagues could salvage the faltering American invasion of the British colony.
#OTD April 13, 1776, he wrote John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress, saying the latest information he had received made him think “we shall be able to effect little there.”
He was right. His mission failed. Canada did not become the 14th colony.
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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDOpposition to #AtlanticSystem #slavery is as old as the practice and its immorality was always understood. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1775 the first #abolitionist society in North America was formed in Philadelphia, PA, by #BenjaminFranklin, #BenjaminRush. & #Quaker #AnthonyBenezet.
Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1746 ed.)
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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1746 ed.) | WIST Quotations
Dost thou love Life? then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of. Reprinted in Poor Richard Improved (1758 ed.). This edition was Franklin's final Poor Richard, and he had it prefaced (1757-07-07) by a new character, Father Abraham, who combined a hundred aphorisms from previous…
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseGoogle Blog: Explore Benjamin Franklin’s scientific discoveries on NotebookLM. “A true polymath, his ingenuity shaped American democracy and human knowledge. This spirit of innovation drives a new collaboration between the Royal Society (the UK’s national academy of sciences), Google Arts & Culture and Google NotebookLM to launch a Featured Notebook called The Science of Benjamin Franklin.”
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Good Sense is a Thing all need, few have, and none think they want.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1746 ed.)
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When the Well’s dry, we know the Worth of Water.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1746 ed.)
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