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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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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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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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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
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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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Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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It matters not how long we live but how.
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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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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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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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Evil then results from imperfection.
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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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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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