Affliction is the good man's shining scene prosperity conceals his brightest ray as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.
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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 eternal scene.Edward Young
Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.
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Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
Edward Young
They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.
Edward Young
What tender force, what dignity divine, what virtue consecrating every feature around that neck what dross are gold and pearl.
Edward Young
Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Edward Young
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