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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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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Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
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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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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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It matters not how long we live but how.
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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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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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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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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
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Life is as serious a thing as death.
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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Look on the bee upon the wing 'mong flowers How brave, how bright his life! then mark, him hiv'd, Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell, Thus it is in the world-hive most where men Lie deep in cities as in drifts.
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