Edward Young
Edward Young
Edward Youngwas an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 July 1683
pain oil razors
As in smooth oil the razor best is whet, So wit is by politeness sharpest set; Their want of edge from their offence is seen, Both pain us least when exquisitely keen.
heart sight heaven
Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himselfThat hideous sight,-a naked human heart.
yesterday looks backwards
Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.
eye heaven
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
running home men
The man who builds, and wants wherewith to pay, Provides a home from which to run away.
procrastination men fool
At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.
inspirational inspired feels
We are not all great because we are inspired, but we feel great because we are.
angel men kind
Angels are men of a superior kind; Angels are men in lighter habit clad.
nature progress delight
Nature delights in progress; in advance.
nature fancy rich
Who lives to Nature, rarely can be poor ; who lives to fancy, never can be rich.
love long giving
To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long.
goodbye farewell fate
But fate ordains that dearest friends must part.
shadow wish age-and-youth
Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
love woe solitary
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel.