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Knowledge is Life with wings

William Blake

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Courage Deep Strong Weakness
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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Attraction Energy Existence Hate Human Love Necessary Progress Reason
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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Business Creation Man Myself Reason
The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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Flower Heaven Moon Night Silence Smile
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.
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Love Seek Silence
If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
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Doubt Moon Sun
For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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Forever Forgiveness Myself
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
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Art Existence Goodness Himself Science
Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll’d Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc.
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Angel Angry Fantasy Fire Rise
A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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Bad Invention Lie Truth Yourself
How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Born Freedom Joy Prison Sing
We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
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Endurance Learning Love
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Believe Truth Understand
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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Genius Gratitude Honesty Present
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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Care Heaven Hell Love
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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Enemy Friendship Heart Pain

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