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Quote by Edward Young
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the mome

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

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

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Trust
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The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss. – Edward Young

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Wisdom
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The future… seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done. – Edward Young

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The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. – Vladimir Lenin

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The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. – Blaise Pascal

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I want a priest, a rabbi, and a Protestant clergyman. I want to hedge my bets. – Wilson Mizner

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Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. – Abu Bakr

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