“Lost time is never found again.”

— Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack (1749)

About Benjamin Franklin

1706 – 1790

American statesman, scientist, printer and writer, who published 'Poor Richard's Almanack' for many years.

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

“Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may'st a Friend into an Enemy.”

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

“Time wasted is existence, used is life.”

“Act, act in the living present!”

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“Nothing will work unless you do.”

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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”