As a boy Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), judge and founder of the Mellon Bank, decided to abandon his parents' farming lifestyle for #law and #banking in the city after reading #BenjaminFranklin's autobiography.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_family
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It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)
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Wars bring scars.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)
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"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." ~ #BenjaminFranklin
’Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)
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“Among the #foundingfathers, both #BenjaminFranklin and #JohnAdams wrote openly about their preference for a #whiteAmerica, free of what Franklin called ‘black or tawny’ people, or ‘swarthy’ Spaniards, Italians, French, Germans, Russians, and Swedes.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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A soft Tongue may strike hard.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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#American #history #LessonsLearned:
On December 14 and 27, 1763, a group of thugs known as the Paxton Boys—similar to ICE—murdered twenty Conestoga tribes people around Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Outraged, #BenjaminFranklin went #pamphleteering in response.
From the angry essay:
"If an Indian injures me, does it follow that I may revenge that Injury on all Indians? It is well known that Indians are of different Tribes, Nations and Languages, as well as the White People.
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Hear Reason, or she’ll make you feel her.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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If you’d be belov’d, make yourself amiable.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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Benjamin Franklin | Kite Experiment
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A quotation NOT from Ben Franklin
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
(Spurious)
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Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Letter (1755-11-11) to Royal Governor Robert Hunter Morris, from the Pennsylvania Assembly
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There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
-- Benjamin Franklin
Happy birthday, Benjamin Franklin (b. 1/17/1706)!
"The only President of the United States who was never President of the United States."
@mdrohan @lizcovart.bsky.social The invasion, was to take Quebec from the British. Canada wasn't a country. Quebec, a French settled colony, was ruled by the Brits after the "7 Year War". The colonies feared this would allow a staging ground for the British army. The French did not want to revolt and help the colonies, they preferred the King's rule to the Colonial Republic.
#themoreyouknow #benjaminfranklin
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“He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1739)
#BOTD #BenjaminFranklin #QOTD #SelfLove #Quotation #Rivalry #Quote
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A quotation from Benjamin Franklin
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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