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Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are about to live.

Edward Young

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Men
Palm
Palms
Miraculous
Mistakes
Bears
Mistake
Live

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When men of infamy to grandeur soar, They light a torch to show their shame the more.
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Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.
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And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
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We push time from us, and we wish him back * * * * * * Life we think long and short death seek and shun.
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Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!
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Give me, indulgent gods with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.
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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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They most the world enjoy who least admire.
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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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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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Man wants little, nor that little long.
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The man of wisdom is the man of years.
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Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave legions of angels can't confine me there.
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Men are but men we did not make ourselves.
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