Philip James Bailey Quotes

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• Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

  Philip James Bailey

  Respect, Giving, Ethics

  Philip James Bailey (1847). “Festus, a poem. By P. J. Bailey”, p.131

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• The worst way to improve the world is to condemn it.

  Philip James Bailey

  Simple, World, Way

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.74

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• Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

  Philip James Bailey

  Men, Thinking, Kind Deeds

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.11

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• Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins.

  Philip James Bailey

  Imperfection, Heaven, Perfection And Imperfection

  Philip James Bailey, “Festus - II”

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• It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.

  Philip James Bailey

  Future, Thinking, Fit

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.141

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• We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

  Philip James Bailey

  Life, Gratitude, Heart

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.80

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• Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.

  Philip James Bailey

  God, Hands, Helping

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• Let us think less of men and more of God.

  Philip James Bailey

  God, Men, Thinking

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.40

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• Every believer is God's miracle.

  Philip James Bailey

  Miracle, Believer

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.462

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• The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

  Philip James Bailey

  Beautiful, Sunset, Bed

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.551

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• It matters not how long we live but how.

  Philip James Bailey

  Life, Long, Age

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.40

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• There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.

  Philip James Bailey

  Disappointment, Half, Endure

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• Music lives within thy lips Like a nightingale in roses.

  Philip James Bailey

  Rose, Lips, Music Life

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.254

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• Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.

  Philip James Bailey

  Eye, Heart, Tears

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.132

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• Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

  Philip James Bailey

  Night, Forbidden Love, Silence

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.57

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• The world is a great poem, and the world's
  The words it is writ in, and we souls the thoughts.

  Philip James Bailey

  Soul, World

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.489

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• It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel.

  Philip James Bailey

  Ungrateful People, Scoundrels, Obligation

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• Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

  Philip James Bailey

  Art, Nature, Men

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.357

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• What men call accident is God's own part.

  Philip James Bailey

  Men, Accidents

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.82

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• The truth of truths is love.

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Truth, Truth Is

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.228

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• My favoured temple is an humble heart.

  Philip James Bailey

  Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

  Philip James Bailey, “Festus - XXXIV”

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• Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

  Philip James Bailey

  Spiritual, Prayer, Praying

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.381

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• Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

  Philip James Bailey

  Memorial Day, Military, Animal

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.213

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• Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.

  Philip James Bailey

  Inspiration, Night, Light

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.208

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• Blest is he whose heart is the home of the great dead and their great thoughts.

  Philip James Bailey

  Home, Heart, Blessedness

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.185

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