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• The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.

  Edward Young

  Father, Son, Blessing

  Edward Young, John Mitford (1852). “The poetical works of Edward Young”, p.74

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• Praise, more divine than prayer; prayer points our ready path to heaven; praise is already there.

  Edward Young

  Prayer, Heaven, Path

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

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• The man that makes a character, makes foes.

  Edward Young

  Character, Men, He Man

  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.32

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• Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.

  Edward Young

  Men, Views, Brave

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• We nothing know, but what is marvellous; Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.

  Edward Young

  Believe, Wonder, Knows

  Edward Young (1767). “The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five] Volumes”, p.225

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• What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.

  Edward Young

  Wish, Ease, Fancy

  Edward Young (1799). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE REV. Dr. E. YOUNG WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.”, p.56

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• Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "That all men are about to live."

  Edward Young

  Mistake, Men, Bears

  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.16

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• The soft whispers of the God in man.

  Edward Young

  Men, Conscience

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• Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp.

  Edward Young

  Shadow, Shade, Fame

  Edward Young (1806). “Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality ... With the life of the author. [With plates, including a portrait.]”, p.156

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• The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.

  Edward Young

  Life, Fate, Men

  Edward Young, John Mitford (1852). “The poetical works of Edward Young”, p.34

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• It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.

  Edward Young

  Strength, Spirit, Disguise

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• Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends.

  Edward Young

  Men, Guilt, Lasts

  Edward Young (1730). “Busiris, King of Egypt. A tragedy, etc”, p.42

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• They build too low who build beneath the skies.

  Edward Young

  Ambition, Sky, Lows

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• What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature; around that neck what dross are gold and pearl!

  Edward Young

  Gold, Pearls, Necks

  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.146

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• It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!

  Edward Young

  Daughter, Night, Mad

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 9' l. 769

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• 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

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• Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!

  Edward Young

  Powerful, Ambition, Source

  Edward Young (1813). “The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts”, p.146

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• One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame.

  Edward Young

  Art, Fear, War

  The Love of Fame Satire 7, l. 55 (1725 - 1728) See Porteus 1; Jean Rostand 1

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• There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small; because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.

  Edward Young

  Men, Advice, Influence

  Edward Young (1802). “The works of the author of the Night-thoughts. Revised and corrected by himself”, p.311

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• Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

  Edward Young

  Stars, Night, Men

  Edward Young (1839). “Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job”, p.206

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• Unlearned men of books assume the care,
  As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.

  Edward Young

  Book, Men, Library

  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.357

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• Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.

  Edward Young

  Night, Thrones, World

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 18

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• 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

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• Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn.

  Edward Young

  Peace, Archer, Moon

  Edward Young, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edward Young”, p.29

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• They most the world enjoy who least admire.

  Edward Young

  World, Admire, Enjoy

  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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