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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
The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
— Isaac Watts
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
— Isaac Watts
Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
— Isaac Watts
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
— Isaac Watts
Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
— Isaac Watts
How shall polluted mortals dareTo sing Thy glory or Thy grace
Beneath Thy feet we lie afar
And see but shadows of Thy face. — Isaac Watts
Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.
— Isaac Watts
Grant me on earth what seems Thee best, Till death and Heav'n reveal the rest. - Isaac Watts
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When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy.
— Isaac Watts
Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature.
— Isaac Watts
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
— Isaac Watts
Satirists do expose their own ill nature.
— Isaac Watts
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
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
In books, or work, or healthful play.
— Isaac Watts
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
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
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
Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.
— Isaac Watts
Two sentiments alone suffice for man, were he to live the age of the rocks - love, and the contemplation of the Deity.
— Isaac Watts
There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.
— Isaac Watts
There's no repentance in the grave.
— Isaac Watts
A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.
— Isaac Watts
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
But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes.
— Isaac Watts
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
Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
— Isaac Watts
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
Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.
— Isaac Watts
Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.
— Isaac Watts
Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.
— Isaac Watts
How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book God had seen.
— Isaac Watts
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
— Isaac Watts
Thanks to my friends for their care in my breeding,Who taught me betimes to love working and reading. — Isaac Watts
Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
— Isaac Watts
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
Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.
— Isaac Watts
'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.
— Isaac Watts
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
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
— Isaac Watts
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
Was it for crimes that I had doneHe groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown!
And love beyond degree! — Isaac Watts
Hush! my dear, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessing without number Gently falling on thy head.
— Isaac Watts
I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.
— Isaac Watts
Now shall my inward joys arise,And burst into a song;
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue. — Isaac Watts
Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.
— Isaac Watts