Edward Young Quotes

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

– Edward Young

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.

– Edward Young

Wishing of all employments is the worst.

– Edward Young

A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

They only babble who practise not reflection.

– Edward Young

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

– Edward Young

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

By all means use some time to be alone.

– Edward Young

A Christian is the highest style of man.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

– Edward Young

A friend is worth all hazards we can run.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

– Edward Young

Procrastination is the thief of time.

– Edward Young

The man that makes a character, makes foes.

– Edward Young

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

– Edward Young

All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.

– Edward Young

The house of laughter makes a house of woe.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

– Edward Young

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

– Edward Young