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  • Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

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    Edward Young (1839). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.15

  • 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 state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

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    'The Complaint: Night Thoughts' (1742-5) 'Night 1' l. 417

  • The purpose firm is equal to the deed

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    Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.22
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Edward Young

  • Born: July 3, 1683
  • Died: April 5, 1765
  • Occupation: Poet
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