Benjamin Franklin

Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Mądrzy nie potrzebują porady. Głupcy jej nie chcą.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Uważajcie na małe wydatki. Mały przeciek zatopi duży statek.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will never be dissappointed.

Wealth is not his who has it but his who enjoys it.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

If a man could have half his wishes he could double his troubles.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody.

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

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

There is scarcely a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharaoh, get first all the people's money, then all their lands and then make them and their children servants forever.

Zrób sobie owce, a wilki cię zjedzą.

Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.

It is common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

Ten cytat ma więcej niż dwa języki

Ten kto poświęca wolność dla bezpieczeństwa nie zasługuje na żadne z nich.

Those who would sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither

任何拿自由做為安全交換的人, 既不值得擁有自由,也不值得獲得安全。

Zdrowy rozsądek to rzecz, której każdy potrzebuje, mało kto posiada, a nikt nie wie, że mu brakuje.

Lenistwo idzie tak wolno, że bieda je dogania.

Kieruj swym interesem, bo inaczej on pokieruje tobą.

Kto rzeczy zbyteczne kupuje, sprzedać na koniec będzie musiał niezbędne.

Nie starzeje się ten, kto nie ma na to czasu.

Człowiek mądry więcej uczy się od swych wrogów, niż głupiec od przyjaciół.

Za to, co kosztuje jeden nałóg, można wychować dwoje dzieci.

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

'Tis a laudable Ambition, that aims at being better than his Neighbours.

There is much difference between imitating a man and counterfeiting him.

We think we are on the right road to improvement because we are making experiments.

We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of.

Tragedia życia polega na tym, że starzejemy się za szybko a mądrzejemy za wolno.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

Ubóstwo często pozbawia osobę wszelkiego ducha i cnoty. Trudno jest postawić stojącą pustą torbę.

Poverty often deprives a person of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Beware the little expenses. A small leak can sink a great ship.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

The constitution only give people the right to pursue happiness.You have to catch it yourself

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

Remember that time is money

The golden age never was the present age

Early to be and early to rise,Makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise

Wise men don't need advice,Fools wont take it

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.

Energy and persistence conquer all thing.

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

There never was a good war, or a bad peace.

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.

We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Ten cytat ma więcej niż dwa języki

Geniusz bez edukacji jest jak srebro leżące w kopalni

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

未經教育的天才就像是未琢之玉。

 Kochasz życie? Nie trwoń zatem swojego czasu, ponieważ ono jest z niego utkane.

Człowiek jest to zwierzę wytwarzające narzędzia.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Powiedz mi, a zapomnę. Naucz mnie, a zapamiętam. Zaangażuj mnie, a ja się nauczę.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Człowiek mądry więcej uczy się od swoich wrogów, niż głupiec od przyjaciół.