Top 25 Quotes by Edward Young of 224 - Page 8

And all may do what has by man been done.

And all may do what has by man been done.

Inspirational, Encouragement, Motivation

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.146

Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel.

Edward Young

Love, Woe, Solitary

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.45

Pity swells the tide of love.

Edward Young

Love, Tides, Pity

Edward Young (1802). “The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts”, p.261

Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.

Edward Young

Love, Blow, Shining

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.121

To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.

Edward Young

Love, Long, Giving

'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 8' l. 1276

Take God from nature, nothing great is left.

Edward Young

Nature, Left

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.366

Time elaborately thrown away.

Edward Young

Time, Thrown

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1803). “Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life”, p.382

Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind.

Edward Young

Men, Mind, Language

Edward Young (1799). “THE POETICAL WORKS OF THE REV. Dr. E. YOUNG WITH THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.”, p.47

Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue; walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.

Edward Young

Ocean, Thoughtful, Silence

Edward Young, John Doran, James Nichols (1854). “The Complete Works, Poetry and Prose of the Rev. Edward Young, LL.D.: Revised and Collated with the Earliest Editions. To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author”, p.82

None think the great unhappy, but the great.

Edward Young

Greatness, Thinking, Unhappy

Edward Young, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edward Young: In Four Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.111

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

Edward Young

Men, May, Fool

Edward Young (1806). “Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality ... With the life of the author. [With plates, including a portrait.]”, p.80

A God all mercy is a God unjust.

Edward Young

Unjust, Injustice, Mercy

'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 4' l. 233

How science dwindles, and how volumes swell, How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun!

Edward Young

Dark, Science, Sun

'Love of Fame: The Universal Passion' (1725-8) Satire 7, l. 97.

Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.

Edward Young

Children, Revenge, Fire

Edward Young (1825). “The Revenge: A Tragedy, in Five Acts”, p.12

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

Edward Young

Death, Dying, Majesty

Edward Young (1837). “The Complaint and Consolation; Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality: To which is Added, The Force of Religion”, p.35

Man maketh a death which Nature never made.

Edward Young

Men, Made, Save Mother Earth

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

Edward Young

Wise, Procrastination, Next Day

Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.

Edward Young

Angel, Men, Kind

Edward Young (1856). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.189

A Christian is the highest style of man.

Edward Young

Christian, Men, Style

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1803). “Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life”, p.112

By all means use some time to be alone.

Edward Young

Mean, Use, Literature

Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.

Edward Young

Life, Thinking, Years

Affliction is a good man's shining time.

Edward Young

Men, Hard Times, Tough Times

To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.

Edward Young

Pain, Pleasure

Edward Young (1866). “The complete poetical works of Edward Young. With life”, p.163

Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Edward Young

Air, Psychology, Want

Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1803). “Night Thoughts ... With notes ... by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogon ... To which are added the author's poem on the Last Day, the paraphrase on part of the Book of Job [with other poems], and his life”, p.52