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In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies.

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
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I write not for your farthing, but to try. How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.
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To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.
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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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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
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For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
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Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
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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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What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
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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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