“He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.”
Benjamin Franklin (verified)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Primary source)
A masterclass in self-invention, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin charts one man’s rise from obscurity to influence, offering timeless lessons in ambition, discipline, and civic virtue—written with wit, candor, and the unmistakable clarity of an original American mind.
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“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.”
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“For what are we born if not to aid one another?”
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Well done is twice done.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
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