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"32 Edward Young Quotes & Sayings

      English     /    
Born: 3 July 1683. Died: 5 April 1765 | Poet | Critic | Philosopher | Theologian |

A foe to God was never true friend to man.

God Foe Never Friend
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The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

Future Unified Dream Baking
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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
Tomorrow Idlers Work Fools
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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

Soul Reflection Pile Inhabitant
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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

Poetry Prose Logic Mystery
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Procrastination is the thief of time.

Procrastination Thief Time
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

Weakness Shows Satire Today
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By all means use some time to be alone.

Alone Means Some Time
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The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

Blush Brute Man Quite
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Take Brighten Flight How
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The man that makes a character, makes foes.

Character Foes Makes Man
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A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
Friend Hazards Run Worth
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Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

Friendship Life Neither New
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Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Indebted Lie Never Truth
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The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

House Laughter Makes Woe
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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

Man Pains Pleasure
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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Fool Forty Indeed Speed
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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Begun Birth Death Fire
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.

Men Mortal Themselves Think
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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Base Death Fear Less
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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

Beneath Build Low Stars
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Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordlings enjoy.

Enjoy Little Mortals Know
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Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

Death Desert Great Life
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By night an atheist half believes in a God.

Atheist Believes God Half
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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.

Art Destroy Fame Hand
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Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
Friend Nature Read Truth
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The course of Nature is the art of God.

Art Course God Nature
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

Wise Bliss Weak Joys
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.

Confine Angels Grave Arm
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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

Clouds Down Drop Estates
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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

Safety Trust Plank Loves
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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.

Forever Less Live Miracle
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Edward Young Quotes & Sayings