Edward Young Quotes About Nature

Quotes about: Nature

• The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.

  Edward Young

  Death, Peace, Nature

  Edward Young (1823). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and the Last Day, a Poem”, p.19

• Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!

  Edward Young

  Nature, Men, Unjust

  Edward Young (1856). “Night Thoughts, etc”, p.16

• Creation sleeps! 'T is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause,- An awful pause! prophetic of her end.

  Edward Young

  Life, Nature, Sleep

  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.3

• Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes.

  Edward Young

  Sweet, Nature, Sleep

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 1

• Man makes a death which Nature never made. And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Men, Made

  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.83

• Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Fancy, Rich

  Edward Young (1839). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.109

• Take God from nature, nothing great is left.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Left

  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.366

• Nature delights in progress; in advance.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Progress, Delight

  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.315

• Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Literature, Mystery Of Nature

  Edward Young (1811). “The Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young”, p.226

• The course of Nature is the art of God

  Edward Young

  Nature, Art, Courses

  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.293

• Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being, Was e'er created solely for itself.

  Edward Young

  Nature, Conscious

  Edward Young (1799). “The Poetical Works of Rev. Dr. E. Young: With the Life of the Author”, p.223

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