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Life is as serious a thing as death.

Philip James Bailey

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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
Author
Poet
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P. J. Bailey
Life
Serious
Death
Thing

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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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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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I cannot be content with less than heaven.
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As the master so the valet.
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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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Men might be better if we better deemed of them.
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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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The sole equality on earth is death.
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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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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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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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There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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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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