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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Upham
Hampshire
Wooden
Dedication
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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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Angels are men of a superior kind Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
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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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Men are but men we did not make ourselves.
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A land of levity is a land of guilt.
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Men before you have quit smoking - you can too!
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Youth is not rich in time it may be poor Part with it as with money, sparing pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds they can tell.
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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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Man maketh a death which Nature never made.
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Friendship's the wine of life.
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Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
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Who combats with a brother, wounds himself.
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But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.
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It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!
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There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.
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Wonder is involuntary praise.
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Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.
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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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Wishing of all employments is the worst
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It is great and manly to disdain disguise it shows our spirit and proves our strength.
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