Edward Young

Edward Young

Edward Young (June 1681 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.

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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

Tags: Life, Fear, Less

Edward Young

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

Tags: Life, Great, Solitude

Edward Young

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

Tags: Music, Felt, Ready

Edward Young

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.

Tags: Life, Pain, Live

Edward Young

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

Tags: Love, Without, Strategy

Edward Young

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

Tags: Laughter, Young, Genius

Edward Young

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

Tags: Logic, Beyond, Mystery

Edward Young

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

Tags: Money, Someone, Learned

Edward Young

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

Tags: Wise, Weak, Bliss

Edward Young

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

Tags: Must, May, Down

Edward Young

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