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Isaac Watts quotes: Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.
Isaac Watts quotes: A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Isaac Watts quotes: The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest. The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
Isaac Watts quotes: Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams. Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.
Isaac Watts quotes: There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Isaac Watts quotes: Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
Isaac Watts quotes: Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
Isaac Watts quotes: Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness. Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
Isaac Watts quotes: Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. Forbid it Lord that I should boast, save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.
Isaac Watts quotes: I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold
Isaac Watts quotes: How shall polluted mortals dare To sing Thy glory or Thy grace Beneath Thy feet we lie afar And see but shadows of Thy face. How shall polluted mortals dare
To sing Thy glory or Thy grace
Beneath Thy feet we lie afar
And see but shadows of Thy face.
Isaac Watts quotes: Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give. Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.
Isaac Watts quotes: He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love. He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.
Isaac Watts quotes: Our life contains a thousand springs,And dies if one be gone.Strange! that a harp of thousand stringsShould keep in tune so long. Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone.
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
Isaac Watts quotes: Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them. Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
Isaac Watts quotes: Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home. Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home.
Isaac Watts quotes: The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven. The stars, that in their courses roll, Have much instruction given; But Thy good Word informs my soul How I may climb to Heaven.
Isaac Watts quotes: Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing. Joy to the world, the Lord is come / Let earth receive her King / Let every heart, prepare him room / And heaven and nature sing.
Isaac Watts quotes: Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment. Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
Isaac Watts quotes: No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition. No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
Isaac Watts quotes: Salvation, O the joyful sound!'Tis pleasure to our ears;A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound,A cordial for our fears. Salvation, O the joyful sound!
'Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.
Isaac Watts quotes: Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature. Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.
Isaac Watts quotes: I write not for your farthing, but to try / How I your farthing writers, may outvie. I write not for your farthing, but to try / How I your farthing writers, may outvie.
Isaac Watts quotes: Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light. Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.
Isaac Watts quotes: The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices. The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices.
Isaac Watts quotes: Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world. Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
Isaac Watts quotes: When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy. When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.
Isaac Watts quotes: Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
Isaac Watts quotes: Satirists do expose their own ill nature. Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
Isaac Watts quotes: Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways. Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
Isaac Watts quotes: The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours. The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.
Isaac Watts quotes: Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home. Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home.
Isaac Watts quotes: Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice. Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice.
Isaac Watts quotes: What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell. What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.
Isaac Watts quotes: Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so. Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
Isaac Watts quotes: What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended. What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.
Isaac Watts quotes: In books, or work, or healthful play. In books, or work, or healthful play.
Isaac Watts quotes: At books, or work, or healthy play,Let all my years be passed;That I may give for every dayA good account at last. At books, or work, or healthy play,
Let all my years be passed;
That I may give for every day
A good account at last.
Isaac Watts quotes: In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy, too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In works of labour,
or of skill,
I would be busy, too;
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Isaac Watts quotes: Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all it's sons away;They fly forgotten as a dream dies at the opening day. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all it's sons away;They fly forgotten as a dream dies at the opening day.
Isaac Watts quotes: I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below. I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below.
Isaac Watts quotes: Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay. Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.
Isaac Watts quotes: Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth. Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
Isaac Watts quotes: I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great. I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
Isaac Watts quotes: Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity. Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.
Isaac Watts quotes: Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night. Kind words toward those you daily meet, Kind words and actions right, Will make this life of ours most sweet, Turn darkness into night.
Isaac Watts quotes: There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains. There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.
Isaac Watts quotes: There's no repentance in the grave. There's no repentance in the grave.
Isaac Watts quotes: A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice. A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.
Isaac Watts quotes: When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Isaac Watts quotes: But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes. But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
Isaac Watts quotes: When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge. When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.
Isaac Watts quotes: Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me? Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?
Isaac Watts quotes: Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor. Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
Isaac Watts quotes: The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man. The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man.
Isaac Watts quotes: Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative. Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative.
Isaac Watts quotes: From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue. From all who dwell below the skiesLet the Creator's praise arise;Let the Redeemer's name be sungThrough every land, by every tongue.
Isaac Watts quotes: A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul. A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.
Isaac Watts quotes: Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come. Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life to come.
Isaac Watts quotes: Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies. Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
Isaac Watts quotes: In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome. In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.
Isaac Watts quotes: No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found. No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
Isaac Watts quotes: Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind. Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.
Isaac Watts quotes: So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain. So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain.
Isaac Watts quotes: For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief. For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief.
Isaac Watts quotes: And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two. And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two.
Isaac Watts quotes: Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling. Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.
Isaac Watts quotes: How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen. How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.
Isaac Watts quotes: Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden. Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
Isaac Watts quotes: Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,Who taught me betimes to love working and reading. Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,
Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.
Isaac Watts quotes: Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight. Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
Isaac Watts quotes: Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here. Speak softly. It is far better to rule by love than fear.Speak softly. Let no harsh words mar the good we may do here.
Isaac Watts quotes: Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation. Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.
Isaac Watts quotes: Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination. Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
Isaac Watts quotes: 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.
Isaac Watts quotes: In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor. In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.
Isaac Watts quotes: Death, like an overflowing stream,Sweeps us away: our life's a dream, ... Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream, ...
Isaac Watts quotes: Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings
Isaac Watts quotes: Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace,And not to chance as others do,That I was born of Christian race,And not a Heathen, or a Jew. Lord, I ascribe it to thy grace,And not to chance as others do,That I was born of Christian race,And not a Heathen, or a Jew.
Isaac Watts quotes: Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting. Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Isaac Watts quotes: Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.
Isaac Watts quotes: It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things. It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.
Isaac Watts quotes: Sweet is the day of sacred rest;No mortal cares shall seize my breast;O may my heart in tune be foundLike David's harp of solemn sound. Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound.
Isaac Watts quotes: Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas? Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?
Isaac Watts quotes: Was it for crimes that I had doneHe groaned upon the tree?Amazing pity! Grace unknown!And love beyond degree! Was it for crimes that I had done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!
Isaac Watts quotes: Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head. Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.
Isaac Watts quotes: I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet. I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
Isaac Watts quotes: To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven.
Isaac Watts quotes: Now shall my inward joys arise,And burst into a song;Almighty love inspires my heart,And pleasure tunes my tongue. Now shall my inward joys arise,
And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
Isaac Watts quotes: Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance. Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

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