Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in … - Isaac Watts

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When I'm approaching a water jump, with dozens of photographers waiting for me to fall in, and hundreds of spectators wondering what's going to happen next, the horse is just about the only one who doesn't know I am Royal!

Isaac Watts

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

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Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small: Love so amazing, so divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.

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Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.

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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.

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Some persons believe everything that their kindred, their parents, and their tutors believe. The veneration and the love which they have for their ancestors incline them to swallow down all their opinions at once, without examining what truth or falsehood there is in them. Men take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.

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When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

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