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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

— Philip James Bailey Festus (1839)

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

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)

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