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At thirty, man suspects himself a fool Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Fool
Procrastination
Plans
Mortality
Success
Suspects
Men
Forty
Aging
Thirty
Reform
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