Did Benjamin Franklin really say 'Many a false step was made by standing still.'?

Benjamin Franklin Quote Source & Citation:

Many a false step was made by standing still.

— Benjamin Franklin Early Modern · Electricity experiments, founding father

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"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

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

"If you would be revenged of your enemy, govern yourself."

"Lost time is never found again."

"The sleeping fox catches no poultry."

Poor Richard's Almanack

Date: 1740

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