Benjamin Franklin Quote

Epitaph for himself:

The body
of Benjamin Franklin, printer,
Lies here, food for worms!
Yet the work itself shall not be lost,
For it will, as he believed, appear once more
In a new
And more beautiful edition,
Corrected and amended
By its Author!


Written c. 1728


The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once...

The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once...

The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once...

The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer, Lies here, food for worms! Yet the work itself shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once...