Life Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Life's greatest tragedy is that we grow old too soon and wise too late.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

— Mike Tyson

“Finally, we do become wise, but then it's too late”

— Steve Martin

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

— Oscar Wilde

“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply whats taken you so long to learn (Kissing The Beehive)”

— Jonathan Lethem

Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not…

— Sinclair Lewis

“The tragedy of being old is you can no longer apply what has taken you so long to learn.”

— Jonathan Carroll

The greatest tragedy of old age is the tendency for the old to feel unneeded, unwanted, and of no use to anyone; the secret…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“If you know too much, you'll get old too soon.”

— Anonymous

“Here we are, alone again. It's all so slow, so heavy, so sad. . . I'll be old soon. Then at last it will…

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.

— Mike Tyson