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\u201cAll men think all men mortal, but themselves.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Edward Young<\/strong>, English poet<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Complaint. Night the First\u201d (1742) in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality<\/em>, Night I, London: D. Dodsley, 1742 second edition, p. 28, line 422; online via University of California & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Spelling & capitalization as found in original text]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAll men think all men Mortal, but themselves<\/span>;<\/p>\n

Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate<\/p>\n

Strikes thro\u2019 their wounded hearts the suddain Dread;<\/p>\n

But their hearts wounded, like the wounded Air,<\/p>\n

Soon close, where past the shaft, no Trace is found\u201d (p. 28, lines 421 \u2013 425)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality <\/em>(1742 D. Dodsley second edition) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=pPE7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA28&dq=The+Complaint:+Or,+Night+Thoughts,+Night&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjo6zstpbVAhUBeyYKHagnCw4Q6AEIOjAE#v<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cBe wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Edward Young<\/strong>, English poet<\/p>\n

Love of Fame, The Universal Passion<\/em> (1741) Satire II, in volume Love of Fame, The Universal Passion in Seven Characteristical Satires<\/em>, London: J&R Tonson, 1741 fourth edition, p. 40, online via Oxford University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Poem. Text style as it appears in cited source.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I a moment name, a moment\u2019s past,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m nearer death in this verse than the last;<\/p>\n

What then is to be done? be wise with speed:<\/span><\/p>\n

A fool at forty is a fool indeed<\/span>.\u201d (pp. 39-40)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: Love of Fame, The Universal Passion in Seven Characteristical Series<\/em> (1741) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=rMYIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Love+of+Fame:+The+Universal+Passion+in+Seven++Characteristical+Satires \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cProcrastination is the thief of time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Edward Young<\/strong>, English poet<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Complaint. Night the First\u201d (1742) in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality<\/em>, Night I, London: D. Dodsley, 1742 second edition, p. 26, line 391; online via University of California & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Poem. Ellipsis & capitalization original to cited text.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cNext day the fatal Precedent will plead;<\/p>\n

Thus on, till Wisdom is push\u2019d out of life:<\/p>\n

Procrastination<\/em> is the Thief of Time<\/span>,<\/p>\n

Year after year it steals, till all are fled,<\/p>\n

And to the mercies of a Moment leaves<\/p>\n

The vast Concerns of an Eternal scene.\u201d (p. 26, lines 389-394)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality <\/em>(1742 D. Dodsley second edition) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=pPE7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA28&dq=The+Complaint:+Or,+Night+Thoughts,+Night&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjo6zstpbVAhUBeyYKHagnCw4Q6AEIOjAE#v=onepage&q=thief&f=false<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cToo low they build, who build beneath the stars.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Edward Young<\/strong>, English poet<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Complaint. Night the Eighth\u201d (1742) in The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality<\/em>, Night VIII, London: A. Millar & R. Dodsley, 1750 edition, p. 247; online via Oxford University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Poem. Style original to cited text.]\n

\u201cWhat Pain to quit the World, just made their own,<\/p>\n

Their Nest to deeply down\u2019d, and built so high!<\/p>\n

Too low they build, who build beneath the Stars<\/span>.\u201d (p. 247)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality <\/em>(1742|1750 Millar & Dodsley) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=hlIJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA182&dq=The+Complaint:+Or,+Night+Thoughts,+Night&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjo6zstpbVAhUBeyYKHagnCw4Q6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=too%20low&f=false<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattributed to Edward Young <\/strong><\/span><\/em>– <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.<\/span><\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Oscar Wilde<\/strong><\/span>, Irish author & playwright<\/p>\n

The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em> (14 February 1895) London: St. James\u2019s Theatre, Act II; script December 1898, London: Leonard Smithers & Co., 1899 edition, p. 100; online via Harvard University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misattribution” tab_id=”1449531592148-05fdd3db-5676094f-cf635381-89e5″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misattribution note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A number of online resources have incorrectly attribute Wilde\u2019s quote to the English poet & playwright Edward Young<\/strong><\/span>. Repeat Right editors have not located the quote or a similar version in Young\u2019s work.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Play \u2013 character \u2018Gwendolen Fairfax\u2019 speaking to \u2018Cecily Cardew\u2019]:<\/p>\n

Cecily<\/u>: [Very politely, rising<\/em>.] I am afraid you must be under some misconception. Ernest proposed to me exactly ten minutes ago. [Shows diary<\/em>.].<\/p>\n

Gwendolyn<\/u>: [Examines diary through her lorgnette carefully<\/em>] \u201cIt is certainly very curious, for he asked me to be his wife yesterday afternoon at 5:30. If you would care to verify the incident, pray do so. [Produces diary of her own.]<\/em> I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train<\/span>. I am so sorry, dear Cecily, if it is any disappointment to you, but I<\/em> am afraid I have the prior claim.\u201d (p. 100)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em> opened on Valentine\u2019s Day at St. James\u2019s Theatre in London to a packed house. Publication of the play, however, was delayed after Wilde was arrested on 5 April 1895 for gross indecency. His name was removed from the play the next day, and it ultimately closed on 8 May 1895 due to a sharp decline at the box office.<\/p>\n

To view a copy of the original program and to read more about the production, see “The Importance of Being Earnest: The First Stage Production, 1895,\u201d online via The Victoria & Albert Musuem, London: http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/content\/articles\/t\/the-importance-of-being-earnest-first-stage-production\/<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e56763-64ea”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em> (1898|1899 Leonard Smithers & Co. edition) online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=4HIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=The+importance+of+being+earnest+%2B+Leonard+Smithers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjli7rTlfLdAhXidN8KHdqyDO0Q6AEIPjAE#v=onepage&q=never%20travel%20without%20my%20diary&f=false<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Edward Young <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n