"Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in,……" — Isaac Watts

"Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies."

— Isaac Watts

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69 Quotes by Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts has 69 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, for God hath made them so.
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation…
Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.
No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.
Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, and sound his power abroad; sing the sweet promise of His grace, the love and…
What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in…
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my…
Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the…
When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe…
To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual…
Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide,…

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More Age Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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