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Be wise with speed a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Forty
Aging
Speed
Indeed
Fool
Wise
Age
Birthday

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