6 Edward Young Quotes on Change

Edward Young quotes on change

2. Great let me call him, for he conquered me.

8. Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.

29. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same.

77. Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

79. The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

81. Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.