Quote #11

The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

More from Edward Young

  1. When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.
  2. Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
  3. There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.
  4. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
  5. Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
  6. They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.
  7. The man that makes a character makes foes.
  8. None think the great unhappy but the great.

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