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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Soon
Belief
Wish
Desire
Believe
Ardently

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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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Think naught a trifle, though it small appear Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.
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Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
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Friendship's the wine of life.
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The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours.
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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
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Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves. Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.
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The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
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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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Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.
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Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.
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Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind.
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Fond man! the vision of a moment made! Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!
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One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, 'War's glorious art', and gives immortal fame.
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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 clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
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Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor who lives to fancy, never can be rich.
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A Christian is the highest style of man.
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A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant's guilt.
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