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Evil then results from imperfection.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
Author
Poet
Writer
P. J. Bailey
Imperfection
Results
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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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
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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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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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The sole equality on earth is death.
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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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Imagination is the air of mind.
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Music tells no truths.
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Let us think less of men and more of God.
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Every believer is God's miracle.
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