Quote #10

When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.

More from Edward Young

  1. There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.
  2. The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
  3. Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
  4. Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
  5. The man that makes a character makes foes.
  6. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
  7. In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
  8. They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.

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