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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Fool
Idlers
Tomorrow
Reformation
Hold
Procrastination
Heaven
Mortal
Work
Fools
Men
Mortals
Reform
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Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are about to live.
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We nothing know, but what is marvellous Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.
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Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
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The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death he walks with nature and her paths are peace.
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It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue.
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Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
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Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.
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He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
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Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
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Be wise to-day 't is madness to defer.
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Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.
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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
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