Edward Young Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

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• Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer.

  Edward Young

  Wise, Madness, Being Wise

  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.12

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• Early, bright, transient, chaste as morning dew, She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.

  Edward Young

  Morning, Heaven, Dew

  Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.73

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• Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?

  Edward Young

  Born, Copies, Dies

  Edward Young, John Doran (1854). “The complete works, poetry and prose, of ... Edward Young. Revised [by J. Nichols]. To which is prefixed, a life of the author, by J. Doran”, p.561

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• Mine is the night, with all her stars.

  Edward Young

  Stars, Night, Mines

  Edward Young (1768). “The Complaint: Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job..”, p.300

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• Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.

  Edward Young

  Men, Race, Looks

  Edward Young, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.108

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• Sweet instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.

  Edward Young

  Sweet, Reason, Instinct

  Edward Young (1847). “The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts”, p.109

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• Men are but men; we did not make ourselves.

  Edward Young

  Men

  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.230

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• Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire.

  Edward Young

  Death, Fire, Dying

  "The Complaint, Or Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality".

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• How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity! Dim miniature of greatness absolute! An heir of glory! A frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! Insect infinite! A worm! A God!

  Edward Young

  Children, Greatness, Men

  John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”

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• We are not all great because we are inspired, but we feel great because we are.

  Edward Young

  Inspirational, Inspired, Feels

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• 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

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• But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.

  Edward Young

  Friends, Goodbye, Farewell

  Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.280

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• The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

  Edward Young

  Happiness, Laughter, House

  Edward Young (1792). “The works of the author of the night-thoughts”, p.78

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• All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.

  Edward Young

  Death, Men, Thinking

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• Wishing of all employments is the worst

  Edward Young

  Wish, Literature, Employment

  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.63

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• Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!

  Edward Young

  Encouragement, Smoking, Quitting

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• Where, where for shelter shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale?

  Edward Young

  Men, Good Man, Guilt

  Edward Young (1813). “The poetical works of Edward Young. Collated with the best eds.: by T. Park”

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• A death-bed's a detector of the heart.

  Edward Young

  Heart, Bed, Death Bed

  Edward Young (1851). “Night thoughts on life, death and immortality: With a memoir of the author, a critical view of his writings, and explanatory notes”, p.137

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

  Edward Young

  Art, Heart, Reign

  Edward Young (1799). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE REV. Dr. E. YOUNG WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.”, p.36

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• Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

  Edward Young

  Angel, Doe, Purpose

  Edward Young (1839). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.15

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• Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!

  Edward Young

  Dream, Men, Vision

  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.418

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• Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.

  Edward Young

  Yesterday, Looks, Backwards

  Edward Young (1821). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality”, p.31

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• A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

  Edward Young

  Running, Reflection, Soul

  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.108

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• If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.

  Edward Young

  Envy, World, Littles

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