Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
Tag: Quote of the Day
21SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
A lady asked Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”. Franklin replied: “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
Benjamin Franklin
20SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.
Benjamin Franklin
19SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.
Benjamin Franklin
18SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
Benjamin Franklin
17SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
I’ve lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing Proofs I see of this Truth — That God governs in the Affairs of Men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that except the Lord build the House they labor in vain who build it. I firmly believe this, — and I also believe that without his concurring Aid, we shall succeed in this political Building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our Projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a Reproach and Bye word down to future Ages.
Benjamin Franklin
16SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
Some for the Glories of This World; and some
Sigh for the Prophet’s Paradise to come;
Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go,
Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!
(The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
Edward FitzGerald
15SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness —
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
(The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
Edward FitzGerald
14SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
(The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
Edward FitzGerald
13SEP2021 – Quote of the Day
Distinction without a difference.
Henry Fielding