In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the wages of experience; nor knows himself old, but from his infirmities, the parish register, and the contempt of mankind. And age, if it has not esteem, has nothing.
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity! - Edward Young
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!... Midway from nothing to the Deity!
- Edward Young
Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an ete… - Edward Young
Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an ete…
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to… - Edward Young
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, how complicate, how wonderful is man! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to…
As soon as we have found the key of life, it opens the gates of death. - Edward Young
As soon as we have found the key of life, it opens the gates of death.
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. - Edward Young
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths. - Edward Young
Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths.
The course of Nature is the art of God - Edward Young
The course of Nature is the art of God
By night an atheist half-believes in God. - Edward Young
By night an atheist half-believes in God.
In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the… - Edward Young
In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries the burden of age without the…
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