By night an atheist half believes in a God.... -Edward Young

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By night an atheist half believes in a God.

Edward Young , Poet
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English poet best known for his poem "Night Thoughts," a series of meditations on life, death, and the afterlife. Young's work, characterized by its melancholic and reflective tone, was popular during the 18th century and influenced later Romantic poets.

Edward Young Quotes to Explore

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 g...
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die....
By night an atheist half believes in a God....
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired....
Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority....
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety....
Procrastination is the thief of time....
Read nature; nature is a friend to truth....
The future... seems to me no unified dream but a mince pie, long in the baking, never quite done....
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire....

God Quotes to Explore

I have sworn eternal opposition to slavery, and by the blessing of God, I will never go back....
I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face....
God's people are peculiar. Their spirit cannot mingle with the spirit and influence of the world. You do not wish to bear the Christian name and yet b...
The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride....
Morality is of the highest importance - but for us, not for God....
Complaining is dangerous business. It can damage or even destroy your relationship with God, your relationships with other people, and even with your ...
I believe that the greatest form of prayer is praise to God....
God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, ...
Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy....
You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord....