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Isaac Watts
Do not hover...
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with mere appearances; but penetrate into the...
Do not expect...
Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals...
Acquire a government...
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are...
Tis the voice...
Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain,
You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber...
What's amiss I'll...
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,
And endure what can't be mended.
Source: In...
At books, or...
At books, or work, or healthy play,
Let all my years be passed;
That I may give for every day
A good account...
Were I so...
Were I so tall to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with my span,
I must be measured by my soul:
The mind 's...
A flower, when...
A flower, when offered in the bud,
is no vain sacrifice.
Source: Song xii.
--...
And he that...
And he that does one fault at first
And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Source:...
Speak softly. It...
Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.
Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do...