Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
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Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy!
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair--
Sorrow and death may not enter there;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child!

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.

While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
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While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.

Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.