| Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - 1909 - 1132 oldal
...briefly, for, at heart, believe me, no one is readier than I am to acknowledge himself a fool : — ''At Thirty Man suspects himself a Fool ; Knows it at Forty, and resolves to mend; At Fifty chides his unamended state, — Resolves and rc-resolvcs ; and still at... | |
| Christian Fürchtegott Gellert - 1988 - 540 oldal
...f. 169, Anm.* Youngs Nachtged.: Das Zitat aus Youngs Nachtgedanken befindet sie in der Ersten Nacht: „At Thirty Man suspects himself a Fool; Knows it...infamous Delay, Pushes his prudent Purpose to Resolve; In all the Magnanimity of Thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same." Deutsche Übersetzung:... | |
| Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth - 1988 - 548 oldal
...Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824), "Parisina." 2. Hdward Young (1683-1765), Night Thoughts, Night One: "At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; / Knows it at forty and reforms his plan." 3. Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome, was favored by the nymph Hgeria with secret interne... | |
| Wilson Jeremiah Moses - 1989 - 391 oldal
...steps." We learn from painful and embarrassing experience, he confessed, quoting from the poet Young: At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. Crummell, now well past forty, had certainly experienced considerable pain and embarrassment — in... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 oldal
...16, 1978, p. 1. The Shakespeare quotation is a slight variation from Henry V, act V, scene ii. 1223 At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same. And why? Because he... | |
| George S. Weger - 1996 - 310 oldal
...recovery are greatly lessened. Much relief and in certain cases a cure is obtained by right living habits. "At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it...infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve, In all the magnanimity of thought; Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. And why? because... | |
| Gordon Weaver - 1997 - 210 oldal
...Speech 125 Madness 153 Return of the Boyceville Flash 169 Saint Philomena, Pray for Us 181 FOUR Decades At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at...infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all magnanimity of thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. — Edward Young, The... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 oldal
...Thoughts 'Night 1 ' Procrastination is the thief of time. 12939 Night Thoughts 'Night 1' At thirty a man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and...infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same. 12940 Night Thoughts... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 oldal
...her eternal tongue, For ever most divinely in the wrong. 4621 Night Thoughts 'Night 1' At thirty a man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and...infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; In all the magnanimity of thought Resolves; and re-resolves; then dies the YOUNG Jock 4622 The person... | |
| Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1924 - 952 oldal
...seen and heard to an extent that renders it difficult to ignore them. Said the poet, Edward Young: "At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty and reforms his plan." If so, he keeps on reforming it until at fifty or sixty he has just gotten into the stride of worldly... | |
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