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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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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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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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