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By all means use some time to be alone.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
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Upham
Hampshire
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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.
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Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
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Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
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Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
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A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
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The man that makes a character, makes foes.
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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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Affliction is the good man's shining scene prosperity conceals his brightest ray as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, that my heart has bled.
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