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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.
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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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.
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