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• 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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• Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What tho' we wade in Wealth, or soar in Fame? Earth's highest station ends in 'Here he lies;' and 'Dust to dust' concludes the noblest songs.

  Edward Young

  Song, Lying, Dust

  Edward Young (1839). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.47

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• Live now; be damn'd hereafter.

  Edward Young

  Damn, Hereafter

  Edward Young (1811). “The Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young”, p.49

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• Who combats with a brother, wounds himself.

  Edward Young

  Brother, Combat, Wounds

  Edward Young (1802). “The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts”, p.114

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• The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours.

  Edward Young

  Wise, Time, Angel

  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.76

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• A friend is worth all hazards we can run.

  Edward Young

  Running, Literature, Hazards

  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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• A God alone can comprehend a God.

  Edward Young

  God

  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

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• Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?

  Edward Young

  Brother, Smart, Heart

  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.358

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• There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

  Edward Young

  Poetry, Literature, Logic

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• Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more?

  Edward Young

  Might, Knows, Ifs

  Edward Young, Samuel Richardson (1759). “Conjectures on Original Composition: In a Letter to the Author of Sir Charles Grandison”, p.81

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• A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

  Edward Young

  Pain, Men, Literature

  Edward Young (1795). “The Complaint Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, to which are Added a Glossary, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and a Poem on the Last Day”, p.239

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• Wonder is involuntary praise.

  Edward Young

  Wonder, Praise, Involuntary

  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

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• 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

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• Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.

  Edward Young

  Procrastination, Years, Literature

  Edward Young, George Gilfillan (1853). “Night Thoughts”, p.17

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• The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.

  Edward Young

  Heart, Home, House

  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.236

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• We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!

  Edward Young

  Time, Mirrors, Justice

  Edward Young (1813). “Night Thoughts, on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.73

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• Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.

  Edward Young

  Heaven, Doom

  Edward Young (2018). “Young ́s Night Thoughts”, p.225, BoD – Books on Demand

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• We cry for mercy to the next amusement, The next amusement mortgages our fields

  Edward Young

  Amusement, Fields, Next

  Edward Young (1821). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality”, p.25

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• Some go to Church, proud humbly to repent, And come back much more guilty than they went: One way they look, another way they steer, Pray to the Gods; but would have Mortals hear; And when their sins they set sincerely down, They'll find that their Religion has been one.

  Edward Young

  Church, Proud, Way

  Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.269

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• Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.

  Edward Young

  Gold, Want, Bread

  Edward Young (1831). “The Complaint, Or, Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job”, p.90

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• But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.

  Edward Young

  Love, Wine, Giving

  Edward Young (1798). “The Works of Edward Young ...: In Three Volumes. To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author”, p.191

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• Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust, Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

  Edward Young

  Men, Dust, Long

  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.49

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• Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.

  Edward Young

  Suicide, Wings, 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.103

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• Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.

  Edward Young

  Fall, Men, Egypt

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• Ne'er to meet, or ne'er to part, is peace.

  Edward Young

  Edward Young (1853). “Young's Night thoughts. With life, critcal diss., and explanatory notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.126

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