Known sourcecanonical
"A man of pleasure is a man of pains."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 793.
Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 793.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Showing 51–80 of 80 entries
View sourceProvenance page
Known sourcecanonical
"To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 1045.
Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 1045.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Final Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 167.
Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 167.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"'T is elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand,-- Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by man."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 644.
Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 644.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"An undevout astronomer is mad."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 771.
Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 771.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"The course of Nature is the art of God."
Edward Young / Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 1267.
Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 1267.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 51.
Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 51.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 89.
Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 89.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 145.
Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 145.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 147.
Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 147.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"None think the great unhappy but the great."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 238.
Love of Fame. Satire i. Line 238.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 83.
Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 83.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 165.
Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 165.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 207.
Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 207.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 282.
Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 282.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"And waste their music on the savage race."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire v. Line 228.
Love of Fame. Satire v. Line 228.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"For her own breakfast she 'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190.
Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Think naught a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 208.
Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 208.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"One to destroy is murder by the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe; To murder thousands takes a specious name, War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire vii. Line 55.
Love of Fame. Satire vii. Line 55.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun."
Edward Young / Love of Fame. Satire vii. Line 97.
Love of Fame. Satire vii. Line 97.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"The man that makes a character makes foes."
Edward Young / To Mr. Pope. Epistle i. Line 28.
To Mr. Pope. Epistle i. Line 28.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt."
Edward Young / To Mr. Pope. Epistle i. Line 277.
To Mr. Pope. Epistle i. Line 277.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Accept a miracle instead of wit,-- See two dull lines with Stanhope's pencil writ."
Edward Young / Lines written with the Diamond Pencil of Lord Chesterfield.
Lines written with the Diamond Pencil of Lord Chesterfield.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Time elaborately thrown away."
Edward Young / The Last Day. Book i.
The Last Day. Book i.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"There buds the promise of celestial worth."
Edward Young / The Last Day. Book iii.
The Last Day. Book iii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"In records that defy the tooth of time."
Edward Young / The Statesman's Creed.
The Statesman's Creed.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Great let me call him, for he conquered me."
Edward Young / The Revenge. Act i. Sc. 1.
The Revenge. Act i. Sc. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue."
Edward Young / The Revenge. Act v. Sc. 2.
The Revenge. Act v. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear."
Edward Young / The Revenge. Act v. Sc. 2.
The Revenge. Act v. Sc. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Known sourcecanonical
"And friend received with thumps upon the back."
Edward Young / Universal Passion.
Universal Passion.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain