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Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. — Isaac Watts

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

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams. — 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

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

I would not change my native landFor rich Peru with all her gold — Isaac Watts

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

Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give. — Isaac Watts

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

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

Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them. — Isaac Watts

Whatever brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home. — Isaac Watts

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

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

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

Grant me on earth what seems Thee best, Till death and Heav'n reveal the rest. - Isaac Watts — Marilynne Robinson

The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, In every star Thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold Thy Word, We read Thy name in fairer lines. ISAAC WATTS — A.W. Tozer

The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices. — Isaac Watts

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

When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy. — Isaac Watts

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light. — 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

Do not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways. — Isaac Watts

No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition. — Isaac Watts

I write not for your farthing, but to try / How I your farthing writers, may outvie. — 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

The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours. — 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

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

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

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so. — Isaac Watts

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended. — 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

I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below. — Isaac Watts

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay. — Isaac Watts

Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth. — Isaac Watts

I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great. — 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

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

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

When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies. — Isaac Watts

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

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

Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind. — Isaac Watts

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

For one drop calls another down, till we are drowned in seas of grief. — Isaac Watts

And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two. — 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

Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation. — 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

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

Death, like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream, ... — Isaac Watts

Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings — 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

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. — Isaac Watts

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

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

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 done
He 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

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

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