Famous Edward Young Quotations

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"Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!"
by Edward Young
"In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the wages of experience; nor knows himself old, but from his infirmities, the parish register, and the contempt of mankind. And age, if it has not esteem, has nothing."
by Edward Young
"A God all mercy is a God unjust."
by Edward Young
"A Christian is the highest style of man."
by Edward Young
"All men think all men are mortal but themselves."
by Edward Young
"Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed."
by Edward Young
"Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little worldings enjoy."
by Edward Young
"On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired."
by Edward Young
"Procrastination is the thief of time."
by Edward Young
"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."
by Edward Young
"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote."
by Edward Young
"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."
by Edward Young
"Truth never was indebted to a lie."
by Edward Young
"We are all born originals--why is it so many of us die copies"
by Edward Young
"Our birth is nothing but our death begun."
by Edward Young
"Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the"
by Edward Young
"Less base the fear of death than fear of life."
by Edward Young
"Those who build beneath the stars build too low."
by Edward Young
"We rise in glory, as we sink in pride: Where boasting ends, there dignity begins."
by Edward Young
"While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."
by Edward Young Night Thoughts Night V, l. 717
"Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote."
by Edward Young
"How blessings brighten as they take their flight!"
by Edward Young
"All men think all men mortal, but themselves."
by Edward Young


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