Author: Edward Young

Quotes

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

- Edward Young

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

- Edward Young

The course of Nature is the art of God.

The course of Nature is the art of God.

- Edward Young

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

- Edward Young

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

- Edward Young

Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

Friendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.

- Edward Young

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

- Edward Young

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

- Edward Young

The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done.

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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