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Quotes by Philip James Bailey

Philip James Bailey

“Art is mans nature; nature is Gods art”

“Kindness is wisdom.”

“Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.”

“Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love”

“Envys a coal comes hissing hot from Hell”

“The sole equality on earth is death”

“There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence”

“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”

“What men call accident is Gods own part”

We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives,Who thinks most, feels noblest, acts the best.

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

Imagination is the air of mind.

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

Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

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

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

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

The sole equality on earth is death.

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

Kindness is wisdom.