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As the master so the valet.

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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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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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.
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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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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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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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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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Every believer is God's miracle.
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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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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 surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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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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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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