Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.
More Quotes from Benjamin Franklin:
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech. Written when he was 16.Benjamin Franklin
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.
Benjamin Franklin
Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
Benjamin Franklin
It is easy to see, hard to foresee.
Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
Benjamin Franklin
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Idleness QuotesBased on Keywords: grievous, needless
And if, happy in the lot of no created thing, he withdraws into the center of his own unity, his spirit, made one with God, in the solitary darkness of God, who is set above all things, shall surpass them all.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.
Will Oldham
Motherhood in all its guises and permutations is more art than science.
Melinda M. Marshall