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    • Philip James Bailey

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    British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    Philip James Baileywas an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus.

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    About the Philip James Bailey

    Philip James Baileywas an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus.

    17 Quotes by Philip James Bailey

    1. 1.

      Art is man’s nature; nature is God’s art.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    2. 2.

      What men call accident is God’s own part.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    3. 3.

      Kindness is wisdom.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    4. 4.

      America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    5. 5.

      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

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    6. 6.

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

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    7. 7.

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

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    8. 8.

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

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    9. 9.

      Envy’s a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    10. 10.

      Music tells no truths.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    11. 11.

      The long days are no happier than the short ones.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    12. 12.

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

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    13. 13.

      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

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    14. 14.

      Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    15. 15.

      The sole equality on earth is death.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    16. 16.

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

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)

    17. 17.

      Imagination is the air of mind.

      Philip James Bailey

      British writer and poet (1816-1902)