Edward Young Quotes about Literature

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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Edward Young

Blessing, Literature, Flight

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.38

Too low they build who build below the skies.

Edward Young

Sky, Goal, Literature

Wishing of all employments is the worst

Edward Young

Wish, Literature, Employment

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.63

A friend is worth all hazards we can run.

Edward Young

Running, Literature, Hazards

John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins (1836). “The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins”

Truth never was indebted to a lie

Edward Young

Truth, Lying, Literature

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.226

They only babble who practise not reflection

Edward Young

Reflection, Literature, Self Reflection

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

Edward Young

Pain, Men, Literature

Edward Young (1795). “The Complaint Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, to which are Added a Glossary, a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and a Poem on the Last Day”, p.239

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

Edward Young

Men, Literature, He Man

Edward Young (1813). “The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts”, p.183

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

Edward Young

Poetry, Literature, Logic

Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.

Edward Young

Procrastination, Years, Literature

Edward Young, George Gilfillan (1853). “Night Thoughts”, p.17

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

Edward Young

Weakness, Literature, Today

Edward Young, Dr. Doran (John) (1854). “Imperium Pelagi, a naval lyric. Epistles to Mr. Pope, concerning the authors of the age. Sea-piece. The foreign address; or the best argument for peace. Epitaph on Lord Aubrey Beauclerk. Reflections on the public situation of the kingdom. An epistle to the right hon. Sir Robert Walpole. The old man's relapse. Resignation. Tragedies. Prose works”, p.79

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

Edward Young

Wise, Joy, Literature

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.236