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Quotes of the Day for 17 January 2005 - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was born at Boston on this day in 1706. In time he was a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, an economist, and a flyer of kites. When I saw that I had 112 quotes from "Poor Richard" I couldn't face narrowing it down to only the normal half-dozen, but I did winnow it down to a dozen of the pithiest short one.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.

Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.

Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else.

He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Lost time is never found again.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

There is no little enemy.

There never was a good war or a bad peace.

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
     - All from Benjamin Franklin, 1706 - 1790

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