Quote #9

There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.

More from Edward Young

  1. Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
  2. When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite.
  3. The man that makes a character makes foes.
  4. The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
  5. In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
  6. Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
  7. The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
  8. Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

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