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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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Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.
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Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
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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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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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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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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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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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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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As the master so the valet.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Music tells no truths.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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One thought settles a life, an immortality.
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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Dear Lord, our God and Saviour! for Thy gifts The world were poor in thanks, though every soul Were to do nought but breathe them, every blade Of grass, and every atomie of earth To utter it like dew.
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