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The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Wisdom
Years
Men

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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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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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Day buries day month, month and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
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Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly angels could no more.
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Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.
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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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When men once reach their autumn, sickly joys fall off apace, as yellow leaves from trees
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Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
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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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The spirit walks of every day deceased.
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Be wise to-day 't is madness to defer.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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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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Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.
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