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The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.
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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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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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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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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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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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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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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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.
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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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Let us think less of men and more of God.
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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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