“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
“Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.”
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“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
― The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success
― The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success
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