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All would live long, but none would be old.

All would live long, but none would be old.

Benjamin Franklin
Long, Age, Would Be
Poor Richard's Almanack, Sept. 1749

Reckless youth makes rueful age.

Benjamin Franklin
Age, Youth, Reckless

An old young man, will be a young old man.

Benjamin Franklin
Time, Men, Age
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.12, Nayika Publishing

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

Benjamin Franklin
Funny, Time, Age
Benjamin Franklin (1963). “The Autobiography, and Other Writings: With Selections from Poor Richard's Almanac and Papers Relating to the Junto”

For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day.

Benjamin Franklin
Morning, Age, May
Benjamin Franklin, Mason Locke Weems (1817). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin”, p.95

Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.

Benjamin Franklin
Death, Age, Aging
"Poor Richard's Almanack".

It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a Diety and that He is the Creator of the universe, for that would suppose you ignorant of what all mankind in all ages have agreed in.

Benjamin Franklin
Understanding, Ignorant, Age
Benjamin Franklin (1856). “The works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters, official and private, not hitherto published ; with notes and a life of the author”, p.526

I am in the prime of senility.

Benjamin Franklin
Age, Aging, Prime

By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.

Benjamin Franklin
Age, Rambling, Growing

The Golden Age was never the present age.

Benjamin Franklin
Age, Golden, Golden Age
James C. Humes, Benjamin Franklin (1995). “The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes”, Harpercollins

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