Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Think innocently and justly and if you speak speak accordingly. –Be always employed in something useful- Cut off all unnecessary actions. Resolution: Resolve to perform without fail what you resolve.įrugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Temperance: Eat not to dullness Drink not to elevation All that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully expressed that extent I gave to its meaning: The Journal write up includes important messages and crucial passages from the book.ġ3 names of virtues. Though rest assured, I am not attempting to take any credit for the main ideas below.
Sometimes, to my own fault, quotes are interlaced with my own words. Written informally, the notes contain a mesh and mix of quotes and my own thoughts on the book. My notes are a reflection of the journal write up above. This is my book summary of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Journal Entry Notes: Forgo dwelling in the past ‘glory day’, for your story may just be getting started. After much success in a variety of industries and disciplines, he goes on to make great waves as a founding father and diplomat.
What is most apparent when recounting Benjamin Franklin’s life is that life’s achievements have no expiration date his age had no limits on his capabilities to astound the world. From Scheduling methodology to his desire to achieve moral perfection, Franklin's drive for personal accountability is a timeless tale of human ambition. Benjamin Franklin’s international bestselling Autobiography distills the method of living a better life from one of history’s greatest.
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