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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
Author
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P. J. Bailey
Death
Art
Littles
Little
Life
Thou
Infinite

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True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift is all Which men need render all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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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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