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A man can’t soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

William Blake

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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Growth Himself Lion Tree
Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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Forget Human Man
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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Act Eat Morning Night Thinking
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Believe Truth Understand
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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Fools Wisdom
Knowledge is Life with wings
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Knowledge Life Wings
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
To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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Alone Stupidity
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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Animal Friendship Man
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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Grief Joy
The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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Body Eyes Forever Greatness Man Naked Woman
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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Genius Gratitude Honesty Present
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 thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Gratitude Thankful
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
My mother groaned, my father wept,i nto the dangerous world I leapt.
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Danger Father Mom Myself World

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