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Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.

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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Grief
Hearts
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.
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The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.
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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 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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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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Man is one and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs thus are we men.
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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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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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Let us think less of men and more of God.
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It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
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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 is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Every believer is God's miracle.
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Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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