Benjamin Franklin on Humor

This page displays 2 quotations attributed to Benjamin Franklin and filed under "humor" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.

Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #191373: "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."

Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, entry #228836: ":Would you live with ease? Do what you ought, not what you please."