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Think naught a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
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Take in at once the landscape of the world,
At a small inlet, which a grain might close,
And half create the wondrous world they see.
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There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small; because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth.
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Edward Young
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Born:
1683
Died:
April 5, 1765
(aged 82)
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