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The soft whispers of the God in man.
Edward Young
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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
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Upham
Hampshire
Whispers
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Prayer ardent opens heaven.
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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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Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.
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Affliction is a good man's shining time.
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Wonder is involuntary praise.
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The man of wisdom is the man of years.
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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
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Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.
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A Christian is the highest style of man.
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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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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!
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O! lost to virtue, lost to manly thought, Lost to the noble sallies of the soul! Who think it solitude to be alone.
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Titles are marks of honest men, and wise The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
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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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By all means use some time to be alone.
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A friend is worth all hazards we can run.
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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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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
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Wishing of all employments is the worst
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Man wants little, nor that little long.
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