Poetry Quote by Benjamin Franklin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Lost time is never found again.”

“That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God - when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure-instead of an aid, become an encumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”

“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.”

“The profoundest of all sensualities”

“funny how our hearts”

“Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him he's stabbing the independent bookstores in the back.”

“Every object, every being,”

“When it over, I want to say:all my life”

“I have outlasted all desire,”