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Ne'er to meet, or ne'er to part, is peace.

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Edward Young
Died: 1765
Died: April 5
Literary Critic
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Upham
Hampshire
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Tis immortality, 'tis that alone, Amid life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill. That only, and that amply this performs.
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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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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
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What ardently we wish, we soon believe.
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Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation.
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The purpose firm is equal to the deed
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None think the great unhappy, but the great.
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Where boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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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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The man that makes a character, makes foes.
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One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
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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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'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.
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Who combats with a brother, wounds himself.
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A God alone can comprehend a God.
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Man wants little, nor that little long.
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Time destroyed Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.
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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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