Edward Young
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“The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.” -Edward Young
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“One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, ‘War’s glorious art’, and gives immortal fame.” -Edward Young
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“The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.” -Edward Young
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“There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.” -Edward Young
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“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.” -Edward Young
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“Much learning shows how little mortals know much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.” -Edward Young
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“The future… seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.” -Edward Young
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“Friendship’s the wine of life: but friendship new… is neither strong nor pure.” -Edward Young
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“Less base the fear of death than fear of life.” -Edward Young
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“Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.” -Edward Young
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