Famous Quotes of Benjamin Franklin Handwriting Workbook – Print Edition
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Benjamin Franklin’s Famous Quotes
Print Handwriting Workbook
Directions:
(1) Read each quotation aloud. (2) Trace each quotation. (3) Copy each quotation.
Who was Benjamin Franklin? www.studenthandouts.com
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a Founding Father of the United States. He played an active role in the American Revolution and the formation of an independent American nation. Franklin was an inventor, printer, writer, philosopher, scientist, statesman, and so much more.
Did you know…
Although commonly associated with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Ben was actually born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Benjamin Franklin started the nation’s first subscription library.
Franklin organized Philadelphia’s first fire department.
© Student Handouts, Inc. Inc. Handouts, ©Student Ben Franklin invented the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica, bifocals, swim fins, and more.
Franklin verified the existence of electricity in a famous experiment involving a kite, a key, and lightning.
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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.
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Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
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He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
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Well done is better than well said.
Well done is better than well said.
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A penny saved is a penny earned.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
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Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what's begun in anger ends in shame.
Take it from Richard, poor and lame, what's begun in anger ends in shame.
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