Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Genius Quotes

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Setting too good an example is a kind of slander seldom forgiven

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

There have been as great Souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am...

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people,...

If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people,...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant...

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant...