Monday, August 28, 2006

Talk about thinking ahead...

The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding), lies here, food for worms; but the work shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the Author.”


- Benjamin Franklin’s epitaph
(written in 1728 by BJ, himself, at the tender age of 22)

4 comments:

Amstaff Mom said...

Brought to us by a true Historian.

Deals On Wheels said...

...or something! :P

Lia said...

That's a wonderful quote. I have to think about when I can use that fun fact.

Tim Rice said...

That's funny!