Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts
Isaac Wattswas an English Christian minister, hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymn writer, his work was part of evangelization. He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 July 1674
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No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
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What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell.
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Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.
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I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.
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The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.
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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.
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Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below.
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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.
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Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.
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It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of life, when the passions of nature are all silent, and the mind enjoys its most perfect composure.
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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
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When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge.
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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.
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Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.