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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

William Blake

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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Care Man Myself Necessary Weakness Worth
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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Fools Man See Wisdom
A man can’t soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
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Himself Independent Man Wings
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
Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
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Believe Possible Truth
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
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Imagination Philosophy World
Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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Avoid Man Mindset Yourself
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Animal Learning Lost Time
We become what we behold.
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Be Yourself Growth
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
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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Himself Light Stars
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Yourself
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Advice Struggle
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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Accomplishment Myself Spirit
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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Growth Nation Old Tree
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Forgiveness Glory Religion

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