Edward Young Quotes

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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
- Edward Young

But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.
- Edward Young

Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.
- Edward Young

Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time’s enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root.
- Edward Young

Procrastination is the thief of time.
- Edward Young

By night, an atheist half believes in God.
- Edward Young

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
- Edward Young

Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
- Edward Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven.
- Edward Young

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.
- Edward Young

Time flies, death urges, knells call, Heaven invites,Hell threatens.
- Edward Young

Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
- Edward Young