Edward Young quotes
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“How blessings brighten as they take their flight.”
-- Edward YoungSource : Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.38
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“Too low they build who build below the skies.”
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“A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.”
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“Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.”
-- Edward YoungSource : The Love of Fame Satire 2, l. 282 (1725 - 1728)
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“There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.”
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“The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.”
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“Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.”
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“Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.”
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“An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.”
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“Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.”
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“Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.”
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“One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame.”
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