English - Poet | July 3, 1683 - April 5, 1765
A God all mercy is a God unjust.
Edward Young
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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.
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All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
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Wonder is involuntary praise.
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Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
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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.
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