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One thought settles a life, an immortality.

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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
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Immortality
Thought
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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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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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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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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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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Blessings star forth forever but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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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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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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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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As the master so the valet.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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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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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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America, thou half-brother of the world with something good and bad of every land.
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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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Evil then results from imperfection.
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Every believer is God's miracle.
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