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Informationen über Benjamin Franklin

Schriftsteller, Naturwissenschafter, Verleger, Politiker, Diplomat, ab 1785 Gouverneur von Pennsylvania, gilt als einer der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten (USA, 1706 - 1790).

Benjamin Franklin · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Benjamin Franklin wäre heute 318 Jahre, 8 Monate, 3 Tage oder 116.394 Tage alt.

Geboren am 17.01.1706 in Boston
Gestorben am 17.04.1790 in Philadelphia
Sternzeichen: ♑ Steinbock

• A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district - all studied and appreciated as they merit - are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.

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• A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

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• A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

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• A dying man can do nothing easy.

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• A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

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• A little neglect may breed mischief . . .for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.

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• A man in a passion rides a wild horse.

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• A penny saved is a penny earned.

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• A single man . . . is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

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• After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.

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• An old young man, will be a young old man.

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• Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

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• Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend on yourself.

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• At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.

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• Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

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• Beauty and folly are old companions.

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• Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

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• Beware of little expenses, for a small leak will sink a great ship.

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• Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

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• Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.

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