Quote #12

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

More from Edward Young

  1. The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
  2. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
  3. When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.
  4. They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.
  5. There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.
  6. None think the great unhappy but the great.
  7. Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
  8. The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.

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