To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
WILLIAM BLAKEI 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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Every harlot was a virgin once
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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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Energy is eternal delight.
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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.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Exuberance is beauty.
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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.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
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