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When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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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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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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Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.
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When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.
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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish to rage and be furious is brutish and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
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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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Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of speech, a soft and elegant manner of address, a graceful and lovely deportment, a cheerful gravity and good-humor, with a mind appearing ever serene under the ruffling accidents of human life.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
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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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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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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
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Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
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Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.
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I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
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Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
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