Thoughts, like old vultures, prey upon their heart-strings Isaac Watts More Quotes by Isaac Watts More Quotes From Isaac Watts At books, or work, or healthy play, Isaac Watts playbookyears What bliss will fill the ransomed souls, when they in glory dwell, to see the sinner as he rolls, in quenchless flames of hell. Isaac Watts blissflamessoul For sov'reign pow'r reign not alone, Isaac Watts thronesgracejustice Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse. Isaac Watts nursehouselife Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams. Isaac Watts positivenesssunbeamsopinion No more let sins and sorrows grow, Isaac Watts thornssorrowblessing Instructors should not only be skilful in those sciences which they teach, but have skill in the method of teaching, and patience in the practice. Isaac Watts skillsteachingpractice Logic helps us to strip off the outward disguise of things, and to behold and judge of them in their own nature. Isaac Watts logicjudginghelping Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. Isaac Watts wormsbutterflyflower As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food. Isaac Watts intellectualreadingmen A thousand ages in Thy sight Isaac Watts agesightnight The very substance which last week was grazing in the field, waving in the milk pail, or growing in the garden, is now become part of the man. Isaac Watts growinggardenmen Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light. Isaac Watts lightbeautifulorder The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest. Isaac Watts galerisingpassion A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul. Isaac Watts cellssoulcollege When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism or fallacy. Isaac Watts sophistryargumentappearance Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination. Isaac Watts imaginationmindmay When two or three sciences are pursued at the same time if one of them be dry, as logic, let another be more entertaining, to secure the mind from weariness. Isaac Watts threemindtwo The child taught to believe any occurrence a good or evil omen, or any day of the week lucky, hath a wide inroad made upon the soundness of his understanding. Isaac Watts evilbelievechildren Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative. Isaac Watts violenttalkingthinking
