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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.

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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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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Life is as serious a thing as death.
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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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America, thou half-brother of the world with something good and bad of every land.
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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