Edward Young

All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. ↗

— Edward Young

#mortal #themselves #think

An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ↗

— Edward Young

#angels #arm #confine #grave #legions

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

— Edward Young

#forty #indeed #speed #wise

By night an atheist half believes in a God. ↗

— Edward Young

#believes #god #half #night

Less base the fear of death than fear of life. ↗

— Edward Young

#death #fear #less #life #than

How blessings brighten as they take their flight. ↗

— Edward Young

#brighten #flight #how #take #their

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. ↗

— Edward Young

#desert #great #great majority #joins #life

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. ↗

— Edward Young

#cannot #die #fools #live #may

Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. ↗

— Edward Young

#how #know #learning #little #mortals

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

— Edward Young

#immortal #learning #quote #renown #scraps