Who is Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States Postmaster General.As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his studies of electricity, and for charting and naming the current still known as the Gulf Stream. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among others. He founded many civic organizations, inclu...
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- At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment.
- To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
- Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
- Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
- Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.