All men think all men mortal but themselves.

—Edward Young

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About Edward Young

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Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke,...

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

—Edward Young

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

—Edward Young

Read nature; nature is a friend to truth.

—Edward Young

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

—Edward Young

Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

—Edward Young

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When he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again.

—Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

—P. G. Wodehouse

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Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so.

—Bertrand Russell

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Arnold Bennett visited Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw in his apartment and, knowing his host's love of flowers, was surprised that there was not a single vase of flowers to be seen. He remarked on their absence to Shaw: "But I thought you were so fond of flowers."
"I am," said Shaw, "and I'm very fond of children, too, but I don't chop their heads off and stand them in pots about the house.

—The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

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