Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1223 |
| AUTHOR: | Edward Young (1683–1765) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. And why? Because he thinks himself immortal. All men think all men mortal but themselves. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Mortality |