English - Poet | July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765
By all means use some time to be alone.
Edward Young
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The purpose firm is equal to the deed.
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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
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There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.
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They only babble who practise not reflection.
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Wishing of all employments is the worst.
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The man that makes a character, makes foes.
CharacterManMakesFoes
A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
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Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
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A Christian is the highest style of man.
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