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Age Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
- The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families…
- Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in…
- Reckless youth makes rueful age.
- That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for…
- [T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away…
- I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We…
- The Golden Age was never the present age.
- Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
- I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not…
- I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
- At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
- Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
- Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
- All would live long, but none would be old.
- Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
- Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
- At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.
- For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.
- At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment.
More Age Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold