"Truth never was indebted to a lie." — Edward Young
"Truth never was indebted to a lie."
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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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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they…
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To no form of religion is woman indebted for one impulse of freedom.
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The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
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We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation…
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We are indebted to Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin for giving us a weapon. The weapon is not a machine-gun,…
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The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd,…
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A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.
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Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth…
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