Quote

He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.

Benjamin Franklin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
Autobiographer
Chess Player
Designer
Dilettante
Diplomat
Economist
Editor
Freemason
Inventor
Journalist
Librarian
Musician
Physicist
Boston
Massachusetts
Silence Dogood
Ben Franklin
The First American
Franklin
Poor Richard
Clothed
Bare
Ill
Virtue

More quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Image
He that would travel much, should eat little.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Man is a tool-making animal
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Those who are content have enough those that complain, have too much.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
The States acceded to the Union.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
An old man in a house is a good sign.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Families ought to be noisy.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in the different books that I read, I began to doubt of Revelation itself.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Let the experiment be made.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
He that's content hath enough.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
There are two ways to increase your wealth. Increase your means or decrease your wants. The best is to do both at the same time.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults greater to tell him his.
Benjamin Franklin
Image
Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.
Benjamin Franklin