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Edward Young quotes: Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.
Edward Young quotes: The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause. The melancholy ghosts of dead renown, Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause.
Edward Young quotes: And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
Edward Young quotes: Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled." Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled."
Edward Young quotes: How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! ... Midway from nothing to the Deity! How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! ... Midway from nothing to the Deity!
Edward Young quotes: Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich. Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.
Edward Young quotes: A friend is worth all hazards we can run. A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
Edward Young quotes: Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes.
Edward Young quotes: Time elaborately thrown away. Time elaborately thrown away.
Edward Young quotes: A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires. A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires.
Edward Young quotes: The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away. The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away.
Edward Young quotes: We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe. We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.
Edward Young quotes: The man that blushes is not quite a brute. The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
Edward Young quotes: Men before you have quit smoking - you can too! Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!
Edward Young quotes: Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread. Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
Edward Young quotes: Man makes a death which Nature never made. And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one. Man makes a death which Nature never made. And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.
Edward Young quotes: [The] public path of life Is dirty. [The] public path of life Is dirty.
Edward Young quotes: Man maketh a death which Nature never made. Man maketh a death which Nature never made.
Edward Young quotes: The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home. The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.
Edward Young quotes: Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, /And think they grow immortal as they quote. Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, /And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young quotes: The soul of man was made to walk the skies. The soul of man was made to walk the skies.
Edward Young quotes: Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young quotes: Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid. Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
Edward Young quotes: Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign. Polite diseases make some idiots vain, Which, if unfortunately well, they feign.
Edward Young quotes: The course of Nature is the art of God. The course of Nature is the art of God.
Edward Young quotes: A foe to God was never true friend to man A foe to God was never true friend to man
Edward Young quotes: Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life. Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.
Edward Young quotes: A Christian is the highest style of man. A Christian is the highest style of man.
Edward Young quotes: Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart. Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
Edward Young quotes: Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad. Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
Edward Young quotes: Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?. Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.
Edward Young quotes: 'T is impious in a good man to be sad. 'T is impious in a good man to be sad.
Edward Young quotes: This vast and solid earth, that blazing sun, Those skies, thro' which it rolls, must all have end. What then is man? The smallest part of nothing. This vast and solid earth, that blazing sun, Those skies, thro' which it rolls, must all have end. What then is man? The smallest part of nothing.
Edward Young quotes: Wise it is to comprehend the whole. Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
Edward Young quotes: The spirit walks of every day deceased. The spirit walks of every day deceased.
Edward Young quotes: But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl. But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.
Edward Young quotes: One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
Edward Young quotes: Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude. Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
Edward Young quotes: Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
Edward Young quotes: At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.
Edward Young quotes: Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part. Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part.
Edward Young quotes: When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair. When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
Edward Young quotes: The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
Edward Young quotes: He sins against this life, who slights the next. He sins against this life, who slights the next.
Edward Young quotes: Distinguisht Link in Being's endless Chain!Midway from Nothing to the Deity! Distinguisht Link in Being's endless Chain!
Midway from Nothing to the Deity!
Edward Young quotes: Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt. Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt.
Edward Young quotes: As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man. As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
Edward Young quotes: There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
Edward Young quotes: The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze. The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.
Edward Young quotes: Nothing but what astonishes is true. Nothing but what astonishes is true.
Edward Young quotes: We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun. We push time from us, and we wish him back; * * * * * * Life we think long and short; death seek and shun.
Edward Young quotes: None think the great unhappy, but the great. None think the great unhappy, but the great.
Edward Young quotes: By all means use some time to be alone. By all means use some time to be alone.
Edward Young quotes: Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue. Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.
Edward Young quotes: We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies? We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?
Edward Young quotes: Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man. Inhumanity is caught from man, From smiling man.
Edward Young quotes: Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp. Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp.
Edward Young quotes: Old men love novelties; the last arriv'd Still pleases best; the youngest steals their smiles. Old men love novelties; the last arriv'd Still pleases best; the youngest steals their smiles.
Edward Young quotes: As soon as we have found the key of life, it opens the gates of death. As soon as we have found the key of life, it opens the gates of death.
Edward Young quotes: Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man! Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
Edward Young quotes: If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world. If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.
Edward Young quotes: By night an atheist half believes in God. By night an atheist half believes in God.
Edward Young quotes: What most we wish, with ease we fancy near. What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
Edward Young quotes: Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root. Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root.
Edward Young quotes: A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant's guilt. A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant's guilt.
Edward Young quotes: Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly. Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly.
Edward Young quotes: Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there. Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.
Edward Young quotes: The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear. The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
Edward Young quotes: Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Edward Young quotes: An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
Edward Young quotes: The person of wisdom is the person of years. The person of wisdom is the person of years.
Edward Young quotes: For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,Nor take her tea without a strategem. For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme,
Nor take her tea without a strategem.
Edward Young quotes: Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour! Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!
Edward Young quotes: Virtue alone has majesty in death. Virtue alone has majesty in death.
Edward Young quotes: How science dwindles, and how volumes swell,How commentators each dark passage shun,And hold their farthing candle to the sun! How science dwindles, and how volumes swell,
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun!
Edward Young quotes: Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
Edward Young quotes: We bleed, we tremble; we forget, we smile - The mind turns fool, before the cheek is dry We bleed, we tremble; we forget, we smile - The mind turns fool, before the cheek is dry
Edward Young quotes: Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life! Leisure is pain; take off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!
Edward Young quotes: We are not all great because we are inspired, but we feel great because we are. We are not all great because we are inspired, but we feel great because we are.
Edward Young quotes: Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars. Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
Edward Young quotes: Live now; be damn'd hereafter. Live now; be damn'd hereafter.
Edward Young quotes: Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths. Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
Edward Young quotes: Friendship is the wine of life. Friendship is the wine of life.
Edward Young quotes: A God alone can comprehend a God. A God alone can comprehend a God.
Edward Young quotes: Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer. Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer.
Edward Young quotes: Too low they build who build below the skies. Too low they build who build below the skies.
Edward Young quotes: They only babble who practise not reflection. They only babble who practise not reflection.
Edward Young quotes: The man of wisdom is the man of years. The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Edward Young quotes: Mine is the night, with all her stars. Mine is the night, with all her stars.
Edward Young quotes: The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone. The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.
Edward Young quotes: Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven. Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.
Edward Young quotes: Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun. Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Edward Young quotes: And friend received with thumps upon the back. And friend received with thumps upon the back.
Edward Young quotes: When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees
Edward Young quotes: Midway from Nothing to the Deity! Midway from Nothing to the Deity!
Edward Young quotes: Less base the fear of death than fear of life. Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Edward Young quotes: How blessings brighten as they take their flight. How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Edward Young quotes: Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation. Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
Edward Young quotes: Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel. Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Edward Young quotes: Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn. Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn.

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