Edward Young

Who was Edward Young?

Edward Young was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts.

Famous Quotes:

• 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.
• All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
• Those who build beneath the stars build too low.
• The man that makes a character, makes foes.
• The purpose firm is equal to the deed.
• Virtue alone has majesty in death.
• The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
• By night an atheist half believes in God.
• Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the
• To leave a sting within a brother's heart.