Edward Young

None think the great unhappy, but the great. ↗

— Edward Young

#none #think #unhappy

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

#awe #destroy #fame #gives #glorious

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. ↗

— Edward Young

#birth #death #fire #moment #nothing

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth. ↗

— Edward Young

#nature #read #truth

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise. ↗

— Edward Young

#revere #thyself #yet

Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more. ↗

— Edward Young

#less #live #miracle #more #seems

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought. ↗

— Edward Young

#down #drop #estates #may #must

The course of Nature is the art of God. ↗

— Edward Young

#course #god #nature

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

— Edward Young

#done #dream #future #long #me

The house of laughter makes a house of woe. ↗

— Edward Young

#laughter #makes #woe