What does it mean?
Time and money spent on learning bring bigger rewards than any other investment.
Key vocabulary
- investment
- money or effort you put into something to get more back later
- interest
- the extra money you earn on money you have saved or invested
Who said it?
Benjamin Franklin: American statesman, writer and inventor (1706–1790).
These exact words are widely credited to Benjamin Franklin, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.