“So convenient a thing is it to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.”
Benjamin Franklin
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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“Experience keeps a dear school, yet fools will learn in no other.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
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“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“There’s no one thing that’s true. It’s all true.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed