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Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
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Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
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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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For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Grace is the partner of the throne Thy grace and justice mighty Lord, Shall well divide our last reward.
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Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
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There's no repentance in the grave.
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In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
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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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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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In books, or work, or healthful play.
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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
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Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.
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Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
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Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.
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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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For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
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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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thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding, Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
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