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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.

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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P. J. Bailey
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True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift is all Which men need render all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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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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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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America, thou half-brother of the world with something good and bad of every land.
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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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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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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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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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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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