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Edward Young Quotes About God

Quotes about: God
  • By night an atheist half-believes in God.

    'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 5' l. 176
  • 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, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.168
  • A God alone can comprehend a God.

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    Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1803). “Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life”, p.319

Edward Young

  • Born: July 3, 1683
  • Died: April 5, 1765
  • Occupation: Poet
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