Edward Young Quotes

"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die."

"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"

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

"By night an atheist half believes in God."

"Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled."

"The purpose firm is equal to the deed."

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

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

"Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness."

"Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise."

"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."

"The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done."

"There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired."

"The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought."

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

"Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform."

"Wise it is to comprehend the whole."

"The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss."

"By all means use some time to be alone."

"Read nature; nature is a friend to truth."