Quote #56

Less base the fear of death than fear of life.

More from Edward Young

  1. By night an atheist half believes a God.
  2. A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.
  3. Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
  4. We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!
  5. 'Tis impious in a good man to be sad
  6. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
  7. While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
  8. A God all mercy is a God unjust.

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