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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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Peace
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Old men love novelties the last arriv'd Still pleases best the youngest steals their smiles.
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Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind.
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When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
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The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.
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It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad!
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As night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
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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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Prayer ardent opens heaven.
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A Christian is the highest style of man.
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A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant's guilt.
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Men are but men we did not make ourselves.
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A dedication is a wooden leg.
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