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Edward Young Quotes About Praise

Quotes about: Praise
  • The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

    Edward Young (1799). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE REV. Dr. E. YOUNG WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.”, p.36
  • Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.

    John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”, p.179
  • Wonder is involuntary praise.

    Edward Young, Dr. Doran (John) (1854). “Imperium Pelagi, a naval lyric. Epistles to Mr. Pope, concerning the authors of the age. Sea-piece. The foreign address; or the best argument for peace. Epitaph on Lord Aubrey Beauclerk. Reflections on the public situation of the kingdom. An epistle to the right hon. Sir Robert Walpole. The old man's relapse. Resignation. Tragedies. Prose works”, p.221

Edward Young

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