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The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on the occurrence of a fire in his own house, because of some homely reminiscence unknown to the observing bystander.
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It matters not how long we live but how.
Philip James Bailey
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Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.
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They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.
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Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
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Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.
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Lips like rosebuds peeping out of snow.
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The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
Philip James Bailey
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Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
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What men call accident is God's own part.
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It is quite impossible to understand the character of a person from one action, however striking that action may be.
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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
Philip James Bailey -
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
Philip James Bailey
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More than half the difficulties of the world would be allayed or removed by the exhibition of good temper.
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Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die. The sun insists on gladness; but at night, When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.
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Love spends his all, and still hath store.
Philip James Bailey -
Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render their purposes indistinct.
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He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
Philip James Bailey -
What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
Philip James Bailey
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Could I love less, I should be happier now.
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Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
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No man, or woman, was ever cured of love by discovering the falseness of his or her lover. The living together for three long, rainy days in the country has done more to dispel love than all the perfidies in love that have ever been committed.
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Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets; and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,-under-makers.
Philip James Bailey