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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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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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P. J. Bailey
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Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.
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Poetry is itself a thing of God He made his prophets poets and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,-under-makers.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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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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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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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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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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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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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.
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