“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?”

— Benjamin Franklin · Action quote

Founding Father, inventor · 1706 – 1790

American polymath - printer, scientist, diplomat - and a Founding Father of the United States.

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack · ✓ Source verified

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

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

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship.