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The strongest passion which I have is honor.

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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Honor
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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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Nature means Necessity.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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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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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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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
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Men might be better if we better deemed of them.
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All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
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The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling Bringing to light and use, else hid from all, The many sweet clear sources which we have of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms And marks the variations of all mind As does the needle.
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Death, thou art infinite it is life is little.
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