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Edward Young
English
Poet
About the author
The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#May
#Clouds
#Wisdom
#Wealth
#Titles
The purpose firm is equal to the deed.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Purpose
#Deed
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Character
#Man
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Man
#Blushes
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Miracles
#Trust
#Safety
#Sea
The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Laughter
The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Wisdom
#Remedies
The course of Nature is the art of God.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#God
#Art
#Nature
Too low they build who build below the skies.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Future
#Dream
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Logic
#Prose
#Poetry
#Mystery
They only babble who practise not reflection.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Reflection
Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Stars
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Work
#Day
#Reform
#Fools
#Tomorrow
Truth never was indebted to a lie.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Truth
#Lie
Virtue alone has majesty in death.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Death
#Virtue
Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
Wishing of all employments is the worst.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Wishing
Wonder is involuntary praise.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Wonder
#Praise
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Life
#Death
#Fear
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Learning
Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Today
#Weakness
#Tomorrow
#Satire
All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Men
Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#May
#Men
#Fools
A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Friend
#Worth
A God all mercy is a God unjust.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#God
#Mercy
A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Ruin
#Soul
#Reflection
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Men
An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Grave
#Angels
Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Fool
By all means use some time to be alone.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Time
By night an atheist half believes in a God.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#God
#Night
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.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Art
#Law
#Name
#Fame
#Murder
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Time
#Procrastination
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Man
#Pleasure
Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Friend
#Truth
#Nature
Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Friendship
#Wine
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Nothing
#Death
#Fire
#Waste
None think the great unhappy, but the great.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Learning
#Wealth
A Christian is the highest style of man.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Style
#Man
#Christian
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Life
#Death
#Majority
#Solitude
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Edward Young,
English
Poet
#Blessings