The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile.


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A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.
ISAAC WATTS
How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone, If they the book Go...
ISAAC WATTS
But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven.
ISAAC WATTS
Let not soft slumber close your eyes, Before you've collected thrice The train of action throu...
ISAAC WATTS
Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.
ISAAC WATTS
In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past, That I may give for every da...
ISAAC WATTS
How fine has the day been! how bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run! ...
ISAAC WATTS
But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never mad...
ISAAC WATTS
How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day Fro...
ISAAC WATTS
Misty Copeland is making history. During American Ballet Theatre's current season at the Metropo...
HEATHER WATTS
I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't abo...
CHARLIE WATTS
Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
ISAAC WATTS
Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ag...
NAOMI WATTS
He (Gould) didn't like being looked at that made an ongoing concert career impossible. He didn't enj...
ANDRE WATTS
It's not enough to play the best you can it takes a certain amount of luck. It's like blessings from...
ANDRE WATTS
The last few years have been a bit of a struggle. I got over the brain thing and my hand has come ba...
ANDRE WATTS
He (Gould) didn't like being looked at – that made an ongoing conce...
ANDRE WATTS
The conductor said that I won precisely because I made this mistake and managed to continue playing.
ANDRE WATTS
When you went to hear one of these people, ... it was their conviction that got you. They were each ...
ANDRE WATTS
It's not enough to play the best you can – it takes a certain amoun...
ANDRE WATTS
I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.
HEATHER WATTS
Arts education is a big part of building a 21st century creative mind, and I think that we have let ...
HEATHER WATTS
I don't think immortality is necessarily the key to understanding the world. You have to be care...
REGGIE WATTS
The mind does different things in performance, and conscious thought sometimes takes a backseat.
REGGIE WATTS
With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our ti...
HEATHER WATTS
When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali o...
NAOMI WATTS
I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist. I try not to talk about something unles...
REGGIE WATTS
When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.
NAOMI WATTS
We had the wind advantage and it was too close for me to try to chip it. We needed that goal before ...
BRANDY WATTS
They surprised us a little bit. We didn't adjust anything, we just got our heads back in the game an...
BRANDY WATTS
It's close to home and I get a chance to keep playing soccer. I wasn't ready to give it up.
BRANDY WATTS
I think it will be tougher because we're going to start getting into a lot better teams and the offe...
BRANDY WATTS
It was the best side has played.
BOB WATTS
We believe in communities in America.
BOB WATTS
If we don't make offers (today), we're behind schedule.
BOB WATTS
Another thing we need to concern ourselves with on the coast, is the (hurricane) season is not over.
BOB WATTS
Yesterday Governor Perry declared Texas a state of disaster.
BOB WATTS
Everybody was talking about it. I've seen the plane fly over several times. It's got a roar. I just ...
BOB WATTS
We are excited about the beneficial use of our landfill gas. With Granger, we have been able to take...
BOB WATTS
Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn'...
NAOMI WATTS
It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a cha...
CHARLIE WATTS
Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things w...
ISAAC WATTS
This is the worst time to miss a bill. Pay down any large credit card or other large revolving accou...
CRAIG WATTS
The Pavilions really knocked themselves out.
DAVE WATTS