Benjamin Franklin Inventions Quotes & Sayings

For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing. — Jon Bon Jovi

That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. — Benjamin Franklin

The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter. — Benjamin Franklin

I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them. — Benjamin Franklin

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly. — Benjamin Franklin