Inspirational Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
“longs & enfin avec un de vingt-quatre pouces, & trouva toujours les mêmes effets. Au lieu de bois M. Gray se servit dans la suite d'un fil de fer, puis d'un fil de laiton, & eut encore le même succès; mais comme les vibrations de ces fils de fer, & de laiton, causées par le frottement du tube, étoient incommodes, surtout lorsque les fils étoient longs de deux ou trois pieds, il imagina de suspendre la boule à l'extrémité d'une ficelle nouée au tube par son autre extrémité; étant sur un balcon élevé de trente-six pieds, il laissa pendre la boule ainsi attachée au tube par le moyen d'une ficelle de cette longueur; le tube étant frotté, la boule attira & repoussa du cuivre en feuilles qui étoit au-dessous d'elle. M. Gray essaya ensuite de transmettre en ligne horizontale l'électricité à de bien plus grandes distances; il y réussit d'abord en se servant pour cela d'une ficelle soutenuë horizontalement à quelque distance de terre sur des fils de soye, & transmit l'électricité à cent quarante pieds; mais comme il vouloit pousser plus loin son expérience, les fils de soye s'étant rompus, il leur substitua des fils-d'archal de la même finesse; car il s'imaginoit que le succès de l'expérience dépendoit de la finesse de ces fils, qu'il croyoit trop minces pour pouvoir intercepter une partie sensible de la force électrique communiquée par le tube à la ficelle & à la boule. Quand il vint à frotter le tube, l'électricité ne fut point transmise à l'extrémité de la ficelle. Il reconnut de là que le succès de la première expérience ne venoit pas de la finesse des fils”
“There are a number of us creep Into this world, to eat and sleep; And know no reason why they're born, But merely to consume the corn, Devour the cattle, fowl, and fish, And leave behind an empty dish. Though crows and ravens do the same, Unlucky birds of hateful name, Ravens or crows might fill their places, And swallow corn and eat carcáses, Then, if their tombstone, when they die, Be n't taught to flatter and to lie. There's nothing better will be said, Than that they've eat up all their bread, Drunk all their drink, and gone to bed.”
“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
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“Article II Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.”
“Article III The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.”
“The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.”
“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.”
“I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand, and enter in a little book short hints of what you find .................for this will be the best method of imprinting such particulars in your memory, where they will be ready, on some future occasion ............................”
“Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself, avoid trifling conversation.”
“About this time I met with an odd volume of the Spectator. It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and, making short hints of the sentiment in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, try'd to compleat the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them.”
“Idle hands are the devil's playthings.”
“Write a book worth reading or live a life worth writing”
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“Lie down with dogs and you get up with fleas. One of the main characters in 'Nothing is Lost' says that. She probably didn't know that the source was Benjamin Franklin.”
“Rarely use [sex] but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.”
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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.