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The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Edward Young

Wisdom, Men, Years

Edward Young (1815). “The complaint; or, Night thoughts, on life, death, and immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job. With the life of the author [signed G.W.].”, p.99

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The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.

Edward Young

Sweet, Quality, Tails

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'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.

Edward Young

Wise, Past, Heaven

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.23

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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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Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?.

Edward Young

Race, Doe, Glory

'Love of Fame: The Universal Passion' (1725-8) Satire 4, l. 86

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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

Edward Young

Wise, Honesty, Lying

Edward Young, Sir Herbert Croft, Sir Herbert Croft (5th bart), Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edward Young ...”, p.134

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone.

Edward Young

Thinking, Soul, Solitude

William Danby, Edward Young (1832). “Extracts from Young's Night thoughts, with observations upon them”, p.15

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A strange alternative * * *Must women have a doctor or a dance?

Edward Young

Doctors, Alternatives, Strange

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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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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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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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Born: July 3, 1683
Died: April 5, 1765
Occupation: Poet
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