Quote #54

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

More from Edward Young

  1. 'Tis impious in a good man to be sad
  2. By night an atheist half believes a God.
  3. Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
  4. A God all mercy is a God unjust.
  5. A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
  6. Man wants little, nor that little long.
  7. We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!
  8. Wishing, of all employments, is the worst.

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