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" He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. "
William Blake
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" Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. "
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" The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. "
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" The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. "
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" The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. "
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" Opposition is true friendship. "
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" Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. "
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" That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. "
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" If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out. "
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" Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. "
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" When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. "
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" What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. "
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Obscure
Men
Care
" The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. "
William Blake
Thoughts
Artist
Mind
" Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. "
William Blake
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Never
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" Lives in eternity's sun rise. "
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Sun Rise
Sun
" A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. "
William Blake
Invent
Lies
Truth
" It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "
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Forgive
Forgiveness
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" No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. "
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Wings
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" The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. "
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Harvest
Bears
" Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. "
William Blake
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Poetry
Race
" Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. "
William Blake
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Stones
Prisons
" To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. "
William Blake
Gardening
Flower
Sand
" The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. "
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Wrath
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" Eternity is in love with the productions of time. "
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Eternity
Love
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" He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. "
William Blake
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Face
Light
" Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. "
William Blake
Chains
Blind
Love
" The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. "
William Blake
Art
Foundation
More
" Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. "
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Criminals
Christ
Made
" Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white. "
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" If a thing loves, it is infinite. "
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" Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. "
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