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It matters not how long we live but how.
Philip James Bailey
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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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Dear Lord, our God and Saviour! for Thy gifts The world were poor in thanks, though every soul Were to do nought but breathe them, every blade Of grass, and every atomie of earth To utter it like dew.
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The heart is its own Fate.
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Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.
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Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.
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We live in deeds, not years in thoughts, not breaths In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.
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As the master so the valet.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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I have a heart with room for every joy .
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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Nature means Necessity.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
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Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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