Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Age Quotes, Life Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life...

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be...

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle...

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn...

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn...

I've heard claims that we can wish our way to perfect, permanent wellness, but I...

I've heard claims that we can wish our way to perfect, permanent wellness, but I...