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• Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.

  Edward Young

  Soldier, Bombs, Maids

  Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.293

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• [The] public path of life Is dirty.

  Edward Young

  Dirty, Path, Life Is

  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.219

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• With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.

  Edward Young

  Envy, Fame, Proportion

  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.32

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• The spirit walks of every day deceased.

  Edward Young

  Spirit, Walks, Deceased

  Edward Young (1837). “The Complaint and Consolation; Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality: To which is Added, The Force of Religion”, p.23

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• Poor in abundance, famish'd at a feast.

  Edward Young

  Abundance, Poor, Discontent

  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.161

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• Joys season'd high, and tasting strong of guilt.

  Edward Young

  Strong, Joy, Guilt

  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.234

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• Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.

  Edward Young

  Pain, Soul, Comfort

  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.172

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• A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured. Each branch of piety delight inspires.

  Edward Young

  God, Joy, Inspire

  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.168

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• Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat.

  Edward Young

  Death, Tyrants, Portraits

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• Old men love novelties; the last arriv'd Still pleases best; the youngest steals their smiles.

  Edward Young

  Men, Novelty, Lasts

  Edward Young (1802). “The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts”, p.112

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• Nothing but what astonishes is true.

  Edward Young

  Wonder

  Edward Young, George Gilfillan (1853). “Night Thoughts”, p.280

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• And friend received with thumps upon the back.

  Edward Young

  Friendship

  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.354

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• Beautiful as sweet, And young as beautiful, and soft as young, And gay as soft, and innocent as gay!

  Edward Young

  Beautiful, Sweet, Gay

  'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 3' l. 81

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• Ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.

  Edward Young

  Ocean, Tempest, Feathers

  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.8

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• A land of levity is a land of guilt.

  Edward Young

  Land, Guilt, Levity

  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.155

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• Some wits, too, like oracles, deal in ambiguities, but not with equal success; for though ambiguities are the first excellence of an imposter, they are the last of a wit.

  Edward Young

  Excellence, Lasts, Firsts

  Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.267

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• The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

  Edward Young

  Trust, Sea, Safety

  John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”, p.201

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• Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

  Edward Young

  Hate, Heart, Giving

  Edward Young (1767). “The works of the author of the Night-thoughts: In four [i.e. five] volumes”, p.87

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• Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

  Edward Young

  Friendship, Strong, Wine

  Edward Young (1856). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.135

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• Man wants little, nor that little long.

  Edward Young

  Men, Long, Want

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• Distinguisht Link in Being's endless Chain!
  Midway from Nothing to the Deity!

  Edward Young

  Science, Links, Deities

  Edward Young (1743). “The complaint, or, Night-thoughts on life, death, & immortality”, p.15

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• Prayer ardent opens heaven.

  Edward Young

  Prayer, Heaven, Ardent

  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.168

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• The person of wisdom is the person of years.

  Edward Young

  Years, Age, Persons

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• The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

  Edward Young

  Men, Literature, He Man

  Edward Young (1813). “The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts”, p.183

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• An undevout astronomer is mad.

  Edward Young

  Mad, Astronomers

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

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