Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour? What tho' we wade in Wealth, or soar in Fame? Earth's highest station… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes a specious… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate,… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
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