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An undevout astronomer is mad.

— Edward Young

More from Edward Young

  1. Final Ruin fiercely drives Her plowshare o'er creation.
  2. The course of Nature is the art of God.
  3. A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
  4. Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
  5. The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
  6. By all means use some time to be alone.
  7. Truth never was indebted to a lie.
  8. The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

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  • astronomy
  • science
  • wonder

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