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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
— Isaac Watts
Tags: forgiveness

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Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.
— Isaac Watts
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'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again.
— Isaac Watts
Tags: must, voice, you, me
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
— Isaac Watts
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Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
— Isaac Watts
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
— Isaac Watts
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