James Bailey
James Bailey
James Anthony Bailey, born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American circus ringmaster...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth4 July 1847
CityDetroit, MI
soul temples stills
The temples perish, but the God still lives.
crush two sorrow
Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.
wise ignorance errors
The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.
stars light names
Star canto: star speaks light, and world to world Repeats the passage of the universe To God; the name of Christ--the one great word Well worth all languages in earth or heaven.
wind breathe wave
The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
dream states happens
Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
eye tired looks
I am tired of looking on what is, One might as well see beauty never more, As look upon it with an empty eye. I would this world were over. I am tired.
acquisition harvest application
Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.
doubt shadow atheism
Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
hero passion heart
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
nature art men
Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.
excellence intellectual quality
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
future thinking fit
It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
time years feelings
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.