Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
instinct reason slow swift
Reason is progressive; instinct is complete; swift instinct leaps; slow reason feebly climbs.
bed kingdoms luxury soft
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
due example examples favor inspection intimidate judgment lessen prejudice prevent
Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the
heart home mind
The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.
breakfast nor project stratagem tea
For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem
years months life-is
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
catch cold gets sit winter worth
Get up in the morning, catch the bus- you have to sit out there and wait. Then in the winter time, it gets cold and sit out there. It's not worth it in the end.
birth death
Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
began believe chance courage develop fast fill gave glow happiness kinds limited looked mind placed rid tangled treating tried truths tune warm zeal
I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be the fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts, and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.
accept dull instead lines miracle pencil wit
Accept a miracle instead of wit and see two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ.
man nor wants
Man wants but little; nor that little, long
man nor wants
Man wants but little; nor that little, long
heart sting within
To ""leave a sting within a brother's heart
beneath build english-poet stars
Those who build beneath the stars build too low.