Edward Young Quotes

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
Edward Young

Stars, Build, Beneath

Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young

By all means use some time to be alone.
Edward Young

Alone, Time, Means

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

Life, Friendship, Strong

A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
Edward Young

Friend, Worth, Run

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
Edward Young

Pleasure, Pains

All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
Edward Young

Men, Themselves, Mortal

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Edward Young

Blessings, Flight, Brighten

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
Edward Young

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

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Edward Young

Learning, Grow, Immortal

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.
Edward Young

Live, Strange, Less

A Christian is the highest style of man.
Edward Young

Christian, Style, Highest

A God all mercy is a God unjust.
Edward Young

God, Mercy, Unjust

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
Edward Young

Soul, Reflection, Ruin

All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
Edward Young

Men, Themselves, Mortal

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
Edward Young

Angels, Angel, Grave

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young

Wise, Fool, Indeed

By night an atheist half believes in a God.
Edward Young

God, Night, Atheist

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
Edward Young

Life, Death, Fear

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
Edward Young

Life, Great, Death

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.
Edward Young

Learning, Enjoy, Wealth

None think the great unhappy, but the great.
Edward Young

Great, Unhappy, None

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
Edward Young

Death, Nothing, Fire

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
Edward Young

Nature, Truth, Friend

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: July 3, 1683

Died: April 5, 1765

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