The first mistake in public business is the going into it. — Quoted

“Quotes”

“The first mistake in public business is the going into it.”

Benjamin Franklin · Business

⇩

Show me another

Tip: press → for another quote, C to copy, S to share.

Benjamin Franklin

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

Change

Benjamin Franklin

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Best

Benjamin Franklin

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Good

Benjamin Franklin

Beware the hobby that eats.

Food