Poets are all who love, who feel great truths,
And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.
Quotes from Festus — Philip James Bailey
1816–1902 England
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
Festus (1839)
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Festus (1839)
Love spends his all, and still hath store.
Festus (1813)
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
Festus (1813)
Could I love less, I should be happier now.
Festus (1813)
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
Festus (1839)
Who never doubted never half believed
Where doubt there truth is—'t is her shadow.
Festus (1839)
How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!
Festus (1839)
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
Festus (1813)
Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
Festus (1813)
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Festus (1813)
Lowliness is the base of every virtue,
And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
Festus (1813)
Both man and womankind belie their nature
When they are not kind.
Festus (1813)
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
Festus (1813)
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
Festus (1813)
Her step is music, and her voice is song.
Festus (1839)
It matters not how long we live, but how.
Festus (1839)
Death is the universal salt of states;
Blood is the base of all things — law and war.
Festus (1839)
The sun, centre and sire of light,
The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
Festus (1813)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Philip James Bailey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.