English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Benjamin Franklin quote: "What Comfort can the Vortices of Descartes give to a Man who..."

What Comfort can the Vortices of Descartes give to a Man who has Whirlwinds in his bowels!

Benjamin Franklin

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Mary Steenburgen quote: "It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they..."
It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks. Mary Steenburgen
We must shift the energy policy debate in America with an increased focus on alternative and renewable fuels and Congress must pass meaningful alternative fuels and incentive programs to help move the U.S. away from dependence on foreign oil. Rick Renzi
Dorothy Kilgallen quote: "I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two..."
I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men. Dorothy Kilgallen
I never would say a player stinks. Ever. I'll tell you their team stinks, and first of all, they know their team stinks. And the fans know their team stinks. Charles Barkley
T. E. Lawrence quote: "He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed..."
He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed... T. E. Lawrence
Roald Dahl quote: "A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and..."
A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY Roald Dahl
The dining table was a plain board called by that name. It was hung on the wall when not in use, and was perched on the diners' knees when food was served. Over time, the word board came to signify not just the dining surface but the meal itself, which is where the board comes from in room and board. It also explains why lodgers are called boarders. Bill Bryson
Geraldine Ferraro quote: "What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids,..."
What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion. Geraldine Ferraro
But individuals and firms spend an enormous amount of resources acquiring information, which affects their beliefs; and actions of others too affect their beliefs. Joseph Stiglitz
The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child. Jonathan Carroll
People ask me what I'm writing. They think I'm Sandra Tsing Loh. Or they ask about stand-up. 'No, that's Margaret Cho.' I really think there is this kind of glomming, that they think we are somehow all the same person. Sandra Oh
At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that, once and for all, you may subdue the whole world. Loving humility is marvelously strong, the strongest of all things, and there is nothing else like it. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Paul Valery quote: "Nowadays the future isn't what it used to be."
Nowadays the future isn't what it used to be. Paul Valery
Tucker Carlson quote: "I try to tell the truth."
I try to tell the truth. Tucker Carlson
Linda Vester quote: "Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they..."
Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. Linda Vester