Inspirational Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“He that best understands the world, least likes it. - Benjamin Franklin, 1753”
“the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave,”
― Benjamin Franklin ,
from The Way to Wealth
“Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small and the want great.”
“If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present.”
“Pride breakfasted with Plenty, Dined with Poverty, And supped with Infamy.”
“Think what you do when you run in debt: you give another power over your liberty.”
“Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame that cannot be painted.”
“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright”
“Quão conveniente é ser uma criatura racional; isso permite que se encontre ou crie uma razão para qualquer coisa que se queira fazer.”
“For age and want save while you may; No morning sun lasts a whole day.”
“Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain.”
“[...] queria agradar a todos e, tendo muito pouco a oferecer, oferecia expectativas”
“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”
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Benjamin Franklin was an important conservative figure in the American Restoration Movement, especially as the leading antebellum conservative in the northern United States branch of the movement. He is notable as the early and lifelong mentor of Daniel Sommer, whose support of the 1889 Sand Creek Declaration set in motion events which led to the formal division of the Churches of Christ from the Disciples of Christ in 1906.
According to contemporary biographies "His early religious training was according to the Methodist faith, though he never belonged to any church until he united with the Disciples."
In 1856, Franklin began to publish the ultra-conservative American Christian Review, which he published until his death in 1878. Its influence, initially considerable, was said to have waned following the American Civil War. Franklin undertook a rigorous program of publication correspondence, and traveling lectures which took him to "many" U. S. states and Canada.
Franklin's last move was to Anderson, Indiana, where he lived from 1864 until his death.