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Benjamin Franklin
(17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790)
American statesman, scientist, inventor, diplomat, author, printer and publisher known for his electrical experiment, the Franklin stove, bifocal eyeglasses and the lightning rod. Less well know are his efforts establishing public amenities, including a fire company, library, and hospital.
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Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Health (9 quotes)
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Be not sick too late, nor well too soon.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1734).
Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth;
Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.
Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1734).
Chagrined a little that we have been hitherto able to produce nothing in this way of use to mankind; and the hot weather coming on, when electrical experiments are not so agreeable, it is proposed to put an end to them for this season, somewhat humorously, in a party of pleasure, on the banks of Skuylkil. Spirits, at the same time, are to be fired by a spark sent from side to side through the river, without any other conductor that the water; an experiment which we some time since performed, to the amazement of many. A turkey is to be killed for our dinner by the electrified bottle: when the healths of all the famous electricians in England, Holland, France, and Germany are to be drank in electrified bumpers, under the discharge of guns from the electrical battery.
— Benjamin Franklin
Letter to Peter Collinson, 29 Apr 1749. In I. Bernard Cohen (ed.), Benjamin Franklin's Experiments (1941), 199-200.
Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1733).
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1735).
Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things
All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1734).
Many dishes many diseases,
Many medicines few cures.
Many medicines few cures.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard’s Almanack (1734).
Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1742).
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.
— Benjamin Franklin
In Poor Richard's Almanack (1742).
See also:
- 17 Jan - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Franklin's birth.
- Benjamin Franklin - context of quote “Dangerous... to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust” - Medium image (500 x 350 px)
- Benjamin Franklin - context of quote “Dangerous... to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust” - Large image (800 x 600 px)
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Benjamin Franklin.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
