All Edward Young Quotes
- Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. Age
- Too low they build who build below the skies. Build
- How blessings brighten as they take their flight. Blessing
- Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. Dote
- Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness. Satire
- A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. Inhabitant
- An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. Angel
- Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. Death
- Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. Begun
- The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. Clouds
- There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. Admired
- 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
- Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform. Day
- Procrastination is the thief of time. Procrastination
- They only babble who practise not reflection. Babble
- The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done. Baking
- By all means use some time to be alone. All
- The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Blushes
- Wishing of all employments is the worst. All
- The man that makes a character, makes foes. Character
- A friend is worth all hazards we can run. All
- A Christian is the highest style of man. Christian
- Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. Cannot Die
- Truth never was indebted to a lie. Indebted
- The house of laughter makes a house of woe. House