"Too low they build, who build beneath the…" — Edward Young
"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."
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Edward Young
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55 Quotes by Edward Young
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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
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Too low they build who build below the skies.
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
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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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Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
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The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
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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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One to destroy, is murder by the law; and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; to murder thousands, takes…
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