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Edward Young

Origin: English Occupation: Poet

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

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A God all mercy is a God unjust.

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None think the great unhappy, but the great.

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A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

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Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

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The man that blushes is not quite a brute.

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Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.

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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

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Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

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Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

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