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Quote by Edward Young
One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted h

One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, Wars glorious art, and gives immortal fame. – Edward Young

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

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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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