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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.

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
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Heart

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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 course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
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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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What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
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When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.
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Man is one and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs thus are we men.
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Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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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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We live in deeds, not years in thoughts, not breaths In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.
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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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Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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I have a heart with room for every joy .
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