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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

William Blake

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Leadership Road Wisdom
If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Doubt Moon Sun
Without Contraries is no Progression.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Philosophy Progress
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Advice Struggle
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.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Art Existence Goodness Himself Science
Knowledge is Life with wings
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Knowledge Life Wings
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Sadness Time
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.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Care Heaven Hell Love
Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Life Responsibility
Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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Forget Human Man
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.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Myself Talk Truth
Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Imagination Philosophy Truth
Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll’d Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Angel Angry Fantasy Fire Rise
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Business Creation Man Myself Reason
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Forever Himself Joy Kiss Sunrise
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Yourself

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

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