Benjamin Franklin Class

Famous quotes containing the words benjamin, franklin and/or class:

    Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph.... Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    Criminals are never very amusing. It’s because they’re failures. Those who make real money aren’t counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
    Orson Welles (1915–1985)