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The most sublime act is to set another before you.

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
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Animal Learning Lost Time
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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Fools Wisdom
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Act Born Desire Himself
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.
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Capacity Rich Ugly
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Advice Struggle
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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Eyes Himself Man Power See
For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.
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Dance God Hands Myself Sing Wings
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Glory Religion
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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Grief Joy
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
Do what you will, this life’s a fiction, And it is made up of contradiction.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Fiction Life Yourself
Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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Avoid Man Mindset Yourself
Knowledge is Life with wings
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Knowledge Life Wings
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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Black Desire Joy Walk
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Destruction Eyes Forever Greatness Man Sea Storm

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