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" The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. "
William Blake
Folly
Who
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" What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. "
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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 bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. "
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" Great things are done when men and mountains meet. "
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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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" Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. "
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" Active Evil is better than Passive Good. "
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" What is now proved was once only imagined. "
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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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" To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes. "
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