Edward Young Quotes About Death
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The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
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Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.
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Virtue alone has majesty in death.
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Who can take Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat.
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Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire.
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An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.
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Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.
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