Saturday, February 26, 2011

Benjamin Franklin

Today I am going to bring Benjamin Franklin to the site. I forgot my source of quotes at home, so I decided to do one that I would like to do personally.
Alright so Benjamin was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. Benjamin was definitely an accomplished man. He was a publisher, an author, an inventor, a politician, I'm sure I'm missing something in there but you get the point. When Ben was a young lad he started out working at his father's shop, but did not like it and went to work at his brother's newspaper. After learning everything he could there, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became a printer, later moving to England to become a master printer, and lived among the writer's in New England. Franklin eventually created his own newspaper in Philadelphia, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is also the man who did the experiment with the kite and the key in a thunderstorm.
The quote for today is, "A penny saved is a penny earned", this happens to be one of Ben's most famous quotes. Almost everyone could say that they have heard this. But what he means is if you save your money, it's almost the same as getting a paycheck, because you are not spending your money on pointless things.
Personally I use this, by saving money. I am not a big spender, so what do I do, I save money. And I strongly advice everyone to save money, even if it's 100 dollars here and there. It's always worth doing so.

2 comments:

  1. you forgot the last bit: "A penny saved is a penny earned, but so is a penny stolen." or something like that

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  2. wasnt that mr. ayers quote? lol because i tried looking for that and I couldnt find that at all.

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