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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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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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Look on the bee upon the wing 'mong flowers How brave, how bright his life! then mark, him hiv'd, Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell, Thus it is in the world-hive most where men Lie deep in cities as in drifts.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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One thought settles a life, an immortality.
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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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Imagination is the air of mind.
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For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.
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Evil then results from imperfection.
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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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Let us think less of men and more of God.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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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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It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
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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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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
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