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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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• 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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• Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins.

  Philip James Bailey

  Imperfection, Heaven, Perfection And Imperfection

  Philip James Bailey, “Festus - II”

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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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• 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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• All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.

  Philip James Bailey

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

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Thinking, Might

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

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

  Philip James Bailey

  Joy, Bubbles

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

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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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• Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

  Philip James Bailey

  Stars, Night, Sorrow

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

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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.

  Philip James Bailey

  Appreciation, Fool, Speak

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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.

  Philip James Bailey

  Doubt, Atheism, Shadow

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.

  Philip James Bailey

  Electricity, All Things

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.110

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• The wind breathes not, and the wave
  Walks softly as above a grave.

  Philip James Bailey

  Wind, Breathe, Wave

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.143

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• Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.

  Philip James Bailey

  Stars, War, Moon

  Philip James Bailey (1860). “Festus: A Poem”, p.466

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• The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else hid from all, The many sweet clear sources which we have of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms; And marks the variations of all mind As does the needle.

  Philip James Bailey

  Sweet, Light, Feelings

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.431

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• For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

  Philip James Bailey

  Ivy, Crumbling, Decay

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

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