Benjamin Franklin on Art
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Benjamin Franklin, catalogued under art, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #159626: "The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively."
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #176638: "It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service."
4 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin on Art
"The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively."
"It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service."
"But I must own that I am much in the Dark about Light. I am not satisfy'd with the doctrine that supposes particles of matter call'd light continually driven off from the Sun's Surface, with a Swiftness so prodigious!"
"he waters moved away from the North American Coast towards the coasts of Spain and Africa, whence they get again into the Power of the Trade Winds, and continue the Circulation. ...so long and so strong a Current as that of the Gulph Stream, thro' all the Latitudes of variable Winds, can only be accounted for, by its having a considerable Descent, and moving from Parts where the Water is higher, to Parts where it is lower."