Edward Young quotes - page 6

The soft whispers of the God in man. (Edward Young)
Affliction is the good man's shining scene prosperity conceals his brightest ray as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man. View quote
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Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment and not from passion. View quote
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What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature around that neck what dross are gold and pearl. View quote
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Who knows if Shakespeare might not have thought less if he had read more. View quote
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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. View quote
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A foe to God was never true friend to man. View quote
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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform. View quote
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Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more. View quote
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It is great and manly to disdain disguise it shows our spirit and proves our strength. View quote
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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)
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon. View quote
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Of mans miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, 'That all men are about to live.' View quote
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, 'that my heart has bled.' View quote
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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 to envy in the world. View quote
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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. View quote
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To know the world, not love her, is thy point She gives but little, nor that little, long. View quote
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