Edward Young Quotes on Human nature
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
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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.
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All men think all men mortal but themselves.
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Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
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Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself That hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
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Man makes a death which Nature never made.
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Man wants little, nor that little long.
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We see time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing his assault; How few themselves in that just mirror see!
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The man that blushes is not quite a brute.