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The value of a thought cannot be told.

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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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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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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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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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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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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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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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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We live in deeds, not years in thoughts, not breaths In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
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Men might be better if we better deemed of them.
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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
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