Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
pain men pleasure
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
next sin this-life
He sins against this life, who slights the next.
deeds purpose firmness
The purpose firm is equal to the deed
dream pie long
The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done
art courses
The course of Nature is the art of God
born copies dies
Born Originals, how comes it to pass that we die Copies?
life thinking years
Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small stands the mountain, moments make the year, and trifles life.
being-different being-unique born
We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?
wise procrastination next-day
Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.
life fear-of-death fears-of-life
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
christian men style
A Christian is the highest style of man.
life keys found
As soon as we have found the key of life, it opens the gates of death.
heart bed death-bed
A death-bed's a detector of the heart.
heart blessing lists
Amid my list of blessings infinite, stands this the foremost, "that my heart has bled."