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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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I cannot be content with less than heaven.
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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.
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Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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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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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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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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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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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 value of a thought cannot be told.
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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 dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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