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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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• The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.

  Philip James Bailey

  Motivational, Cheating, Self

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.131

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

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  Doubt, Atheism, Shadow

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

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• He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.

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  Appreciation, Fool, Speak

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

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  Memorial Day, Military, Animal

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

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• Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.

  Philip James Bailey

  Humility, Virtue, Lowliness

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.93

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• None but the brave and beautiful can love.

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  Love, Beautiful, Brave

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.191

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• Could we but think with the intensity we love with, we might do great things.

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  Love, Thinking, Might

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.250

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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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• Love is the art of hearts, and heart or arts.

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Art, Heart

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.84

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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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• 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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• My favoured temple is an humble heart.

  Philip James Bailey

  Heart, Humble, Humble Heart

  Philip James Bailey, “Festus - XXXIV”

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• All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.

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  Peace, Heaven, Speak

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.291

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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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• 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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• Joys
  Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too.

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  Joy, Bubbles

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.553

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• Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

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  Stars, Night, Sorrow

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.60

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• See the sun! God's crest upon His azure shield, the Heavens.

  Philip James Bailey

  Heaven, Shields, Azure

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.68

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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.

  Philip James Bailey

  Intellectual, Excellence, Quality

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• For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.

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  Light, Poet, Worms

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.411

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• It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

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  Views, Mountain, Spirit

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

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• For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

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  Ivy, Crumbling, Decay

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.277

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• The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.

  Philip James Bailey

  Sadness

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.474

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