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We nothing know, but what is marvellous Yet what is marvellous, we can't believe.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Marvellous
Wonder
Nothing
Believe

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Nature delights in progress in advance.
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Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!
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What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
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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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Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
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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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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
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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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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave legions of angels can't confine me there.
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And friend received with thumps upon the back.
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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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Of boasting more than of a bomb afraid, A soldier should be modest as a maid.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.
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Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.
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Man wants little, nor that little long.
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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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Who, for the poor renown of being smart, Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
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A God alone can comprehend a God.
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Prayer ardent opens heaven.
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