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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• Not a single path
  Of thought I tread, but that it leads to God.

  Philip James Bailey

  Path

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.410

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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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• Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.

  Philip James Bailey

  Acquisition, Harvest, Application

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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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• The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.

  Philip James Bailey

  Men, Giving, Advice

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.187

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• Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.

  Philip James Bailey

  Fate, Soul, Rays

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.186

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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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• Dreams are rudiments
  Of the great state to come. We dream what is
  About to happen.

  Philip James Bailey

  Dream, States, Happens

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.35

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• We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
  In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

  Philip James Bailey

  Time, Years, Feelings

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.85

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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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• 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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• 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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• Worthy books
  Are not companions – they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

  Philip James Bailey

  Book, Solitude, Care

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.20

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• I have a heart with room for every joy .

  Philip James Bailey

  Heart, Joy, Rooms

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.156

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• It is sad
  To see the light of beauty wane away,
  Know eyes are dimming, bosoms shrivelling, feet
  Losing their springs, and limbs their lily roundness;
  But it is worse to feel the heart-spring gone,
  To lose hope, care not for the coming thing,
  And feel all things go to decay within us.

  Philip James Bailey

  Spring, Heart, Eye

  Philip James Bailey, “Festus - XXIII”

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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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• Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.

  Philip James Bailey

  Doubt, Atheism, Shadow

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.83

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

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  Simple, World, Way

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

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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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• Life is less than nothing without love.

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Life Is, Without Love

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.546

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• Imagination is the air of mind.

  Philip James Bailey

  Air, Imagination, Mind

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.73

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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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• 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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• 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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