Edward Young Quotes About Satire

Quotes about: Satire

• Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

  Edward Young

  Weakness, Literature, Today

  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.79

• What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.

  Edward Young

  Miracle, Satire, Mankind

  Edward Young (1839). “Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job”, p.228

• Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly.

  Edward Young

  Splinters, Fame, Satire

  Edward Young, Sir Herbert Croft, Sir Herbert Croft (5th bart), Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edward Young ...”, p.222

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