Edward Young Quotes on Life
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Life is the desert, life the solitude; Death joins us to the great majority.
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In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
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The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss.
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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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He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
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Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched.
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How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
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A death-bed 's a detector of the heart.
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Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
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Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
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Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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While man is growing, life is in decrease; And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb. Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
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Much learning shows how little mortals know; Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.