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Notes on Benjamin Franklin’s Writings [1]

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Date: 2026-04-23  

A friend recently reminded me of Ben Franklin and his works. Years ago, I read through a big book of his writings and thought I had published the notes, quotes from his work. I found I had not and so remedy that situation now.

Mr Franklin rewards rereading.

Benjamin Franklin: The Writings

The Library of America, 1987

My notes at

https://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2026/04/notes-from-benjamin-franklin-writings.html

None but Fools are Knaves, for wise Men cannot help being honest. Cunning therefore is the Wisdom of a Fool; one who has Designs he dare not own.

As yet, the Quantity of Human Knowledge bears no Proportion to the Quantity of Human Ignorance.

I imagine Hope and Faith may be more firmly built on Charity, than Charity upon Faith and Hope.

You seem not to know, my dear daughter, that, of all the dear things in this world, idleness is the dearest, except mischief.

… no kind of Accusation is so readily made, or easily believ’d, by Knaves as the Accusation of Knavery…

… One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are the more they’re valued.

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