Edward Young
10 quotes.
Quotes by Edward Young
- Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
- Joy wholly from without is false, precarious and short. Joy from within is like smelling the rose on the tree; it is more sweet, and fair, and lasting.
- 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.
- Sands form the mountains, moments make the year.
- Sorrow’s best antidote is employment.
- That life is long which answers life's great end.
- Time wasted is existence, used is life.
- Too low they build who build beneath the stars.
- Too low they build who build below the skies.
- Wishing, of all employments, is the worst.