About Benjamin Franklin
1706 – 1790
American statesman, scientist, printer and writer, who published 'Poor Richard's Almanack' for many years.
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“We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.”
“Work without Hope draws nectar in a sieve, And Hope without an object cannot live.”
“Happy endings usually don't work for me. I like open endings. I trust the reader's imagination.”
“I felt that even if one did not have an ideal vision of society, one could have one's work to do.”