Benjamin Franklin
“Well done is better than well said.”
Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1737
Documented source
Source
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1737)
Pen name
Written as Richard Saunders — Franklin’s almanac pseudonym
Wording
Exact
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About this line
Franklin wrote it under his pen name, Richard Saunders — a fictional almanac-keeper handing blunt, earned wisdom to working colonists who had no patience for empty promises. Brief, plain, and proven at the workbench, not the podium.
Why we carry this line
I watched a Benjamin Franklin documentary. So many things about his life caused me to search for quotes of his that would resonate. This one did.
