6 Edward Young Quotes on Virtue

Edward Young quotes on virtue

4. Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.

32. Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

33. Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!

41. The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.

43. Virtue alone has majesty in death.

64. Pygmies are pygmies still, though percht on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.