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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
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From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise ariseLet the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
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Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
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Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.
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Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
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Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
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When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
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Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
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Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther.
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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
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Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
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Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.
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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
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Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
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How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!
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