Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

Born in Boston in 1706, the fifteenth child of a candle maker. Benjamin Franklin was apprenticed to his brother's print shop at twelve and struck out alone for Philadelphia at seventeen. He made his fortune in the printing trade and published Poor Richard's Almanack for 25 years, building a prototype of the media business. After retiring from operations at 42, he pivoted to science, diplomacy, and nation-building — the polymath who stands at the origin of America's entrepreneurial spirit.

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Benjamin Franklin's Other Quotes

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Well done is better than well said.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

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Endure and renounce.

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Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong people.

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If you carve without ceasing, even metal and stone can be engraved.

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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

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