Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light. Isaac Watts More Quotes by Isaac Watts More Quotes From Isaac Watts Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation. Isaac Watts meditation mind giving 'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. Isaac Watts complain me you voice