“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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“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“For age and want save while you may; no morning sun lasts a whole day.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.”
— 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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“Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Grief too will make us idealists.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“One loses everything when one loses one’s sense of humor.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“It was a bitter moment. Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source