quote · Legacy record
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
From the source collection
Meaning
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
This explanation comes from the collection, rather than a new Edsverb interpretation. See the attribution and source notes below.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Benjamin Franklin
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate author period: c. 1748 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1706–1790)
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 534; printed byline: Benjamin Franklin; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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