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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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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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Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
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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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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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Music tells no truths.
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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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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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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.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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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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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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