Benjamin Franklin on Human Nature
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Benjamin Franklin, catalogued under Human Nature, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #131: "Remember that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diver…"
Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #130: "If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend."
4 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin on Human Nature
"Remember that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expense; he has really spent, rather thrown away, five shillings, besides."
"If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend."
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
"Much less is it adviseable for a Person to go thither , who has no other Quality to recommend him but his Birth. In Europe it has indeed its Value; but it is a Commodity that cannot be carried to a worse Market than that of America, where people do not inquire concerning a Stranger, What is he? but, What can he do?"