“I was born with a reading list that I will never finish. The person who deserves that most pity is a lonely one on a rainy day that does not know how to read. Benjamin Franklin”

“What condition of man most deserves pity?" - Franklin offered: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.”

“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.”

“When Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor and publisher, was serving as the American ambassador to France, he often impressed French intellectual with the wisdom of his remarks. At one dinner, the question was raised, "What human condition deserves the most pity?" Each of the guests responded, but the answer that is still remembered is Benjamin Franklins's: "A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.”

“I was born with a reading list I will never finish.”

“Benjamin Franklin, that those who trade some of their liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. The wisdom of the founders never ceased to amaze him.”