 We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.  Life, Present and Future ... - Page 1by James Harvey Tuttle - 1858 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland - Medicine - 1884 - 786 pages
...the life of a much older man." The poet says: •.-.,., •'We lire In deeds, not years ; , f, ,. . In thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures...who thinks most, Feels the noblest, acts the best." And if this sentiment be accepted his life was surely long. (Dr. John Morris). At a special meeting... | |
 | John Harvey (Methodist minister.) - 1855 - 192 pages
...JOHN HARVET. " Herein is my Father glorified, that ye hear much fruit," John IT. 8. "We live in desds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings,...count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks mot-t, feels the noblest, acts the best.'' jtnnto: WARD AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW; T. KING, CONFERENCE... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...dark offing of the mind. Unit, if s Feеtia. Living men look on all who live askanee. Bailey's Festus. We live in deeds, not years — in thoughts, not breaths...In feelings, not in figures on a dial ; We should eount urn* by heart-throbs. He most Who thinks most — fuels the noblest — aets the beet. Bailey's... | |
 | 1855 - 374 pages
...thought if I were but a little child I could find the way to heaven. V. " We live in deeds, not yean ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures...a dial — We should count time by heart-throbs." Fnrus. IT was yet early in the morning; — a bright, still February morning, harbinger of the sunnier... | |
 | John Wilson - English language - 1855 - 360 pages
...not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections but to regulate them. (Rule, and Remark i.) We live in deeds not years ; in thoughts not breaths ; in feelings not in figures on a dial. (Rule.) Novel-reading is generally calculated to weaken if not to debase the moral powers. (Rule, and... | |
 | 1855 - 692 pages
...1 We say, feelings make the man — opinion* are but the outer dress. We live, as aaith Festus, ' " In feelings, not in figures on a dial ; We should count time by heart-tArott. He most lives, Who thints rii.ist— /"Mto **s noMeft — acts the best !" "Nature,"... | |
 | Biography - 1855 - 364 pages
... \ LIVES THE ILLTJSTEIOIIS. YOL. VIL " We live in deeds, not years ¡ in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not on figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most— feels... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...not years — in thoughts, not breaths — In feelings, not in figures on a dial ; We should eount time by heart-throbs. He most lives, Who thinks most — feels the noblest — aets the best. Bailey's Festus. What is this life, wherem God has founded me, But a bright wheel,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...behind A voice that in the distance far away Wakens the slumbering ages. PHILLIP JAMES BAILEY. Festus. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. THOMAS K. HERVEY. Tiie Devil's Progress. The tomb of him who would have made The world too glad and... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...— " Life's more than breath, and the quick round of blood, "Tis a great spirit and a busy heart. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." A recent writer gives expression to the same truth : — " How much of our course do we pass over in... | |
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