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Let us think less of men and more of God.

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
God
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Men
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The heart is its own Fate.
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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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America, thou half-brother of the world with something good and bad of every land.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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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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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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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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Nature means Necessity.
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Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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One thought settles a life, an immortality.
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