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There's no repentance in the grave.

Isaac Watts

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Isaac Watts
Age: 74 †
Born: 1674
Born: July 17
Died: 1748
Died: November 25
Hymnwriter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Southampton
Hampshire
Isaac Watts
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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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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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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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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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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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A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun.
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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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Death, like an overflowing stream, Sweeps us away: our life's a dream.
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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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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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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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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I have been there, and still would go 'T is like a little heaven below.
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Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
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I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
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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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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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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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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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