English - Poet | July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young
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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
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The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
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The course of Nature is the art of God.
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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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By night an atheist half believes in a God.
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