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I have a heart with room for every joy .

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
Author
Poet
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P. J. Bailey
Heart
Every
Room
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Joy

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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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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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I cannot be content with less than heaven.
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The heart is its own Fate.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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One thought settles a life, an immortality.
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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 ground of all great thoughts is sadness.
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Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.
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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 first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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Music tells no truths.
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