What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
WILLIAM BLAKEThose who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
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Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
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Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
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The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
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I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
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