Franklin P. Jones

高校の教科書に出てくる引用句の作者。

１９世紀後半から２０世紀前半にかけて活躍したアメリカン実業家らしいが、特定されていない。

名前は数人上るようである。１００年足らずの人でさえこんな状態である。歴史を読むときに信憑性については心しなければならない事態である。

だがこの人の引用句は難しいのが多い。

英語教科書作成者に対するお願い。

もっと分かりやすい物を出して欲しい。

何十年の英語をやっている私でさえ分からないものをどうして出されるのか？



次の文はインターネットから拾った１つの情報。

Many well-known quotations are attributed to the author Franklin P. Jones. These include:


Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.

Honest criticism is hard to take, especially from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.

Unfortunately, the identity of Franklin P. Jones is not clear. Some quotation sites on the Internet refer to him as an American businessman who lived from 1887-1929, while others refer to him as an American humorist who lived from 1853-1935. A bit of research has identified a Franklin Pierce Jones who was born on February 23, 1851 and who died in Virginia on November 29, 1935. There also seems to have been a Franklin Pierce Jones who lived between 1874 and 1953 and had a successful furniture store in Clinton, Oklahoma, after working as a farmer in Missouri.

GuruNet welcomes any authoritative information regarding the true identity of the Franklin Jones who authored the quotes on this page.


Last updated: January 05, 2005.