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" He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. "
William Blake
Sun
Destroy
Eternity
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" I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! "
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" Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. "
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" The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled. "
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" One thought fills immensity. "
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" The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. "
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" Eternity is in love with the productions of time. "
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" Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. "
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" Active Evil is better than Passive Good. "
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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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" The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does. "
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" It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. "
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" No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. "
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" Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. "
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Blind
Love
" The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. "
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Thoughts
Artist
Mind
" Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? "
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I See
Grief
" Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. "
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Poetry
Race
" He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. "
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Acts
Breeds
" 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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Nature
Imagination
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" When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. "
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Friend
Enemy
Always
" Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. "
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Never
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" I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. "
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Reason
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" Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. "
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Sympathy
Laughs
Sorrow
" Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. "
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Prudence
Old
Courted
" The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. "
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Thanksgiving
Harvest
Bears
" The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. "
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Measured
Clock
Hours
" As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. "
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Eye
Sees
Powers
" What is now proved was once only imagined. "
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Only
Imagination
" 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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