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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.
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Do not be deceived happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
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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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Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest No mortal cares shall seize my breast O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound.
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Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.
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The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
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I have been there, and still would go 'T is like a little heaven below.
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Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
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Maintain a constant watch at all times against a dogmatical spirit: fix not your assent to any proposition in a firm and unalterable manner, till you have some firm and unalterable ground for it, and till you have arrived at some clear and sure evidence.
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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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So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
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The passions are the gales of life and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
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If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.
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Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
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Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree!
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
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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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