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The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.

William Blake

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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Growth Nation Old Tree
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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Desire Enough Weakness
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Eat Morning Night Thinking
The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.
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Animal Black Thinking
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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Accomplishment Myself Spirit
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Easy Enemy Forgiveness Friendship
Do what you will, this life’s a fiction, And it is made up of contradiction.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Fiction Life Yourself
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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Greatness Man Nature
A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Goodness Religion Talk
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.
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Capacity Rich Ugly
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Forever Love
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.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Art Existence Goodness Himself Science
I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Angel Enjoyment Fire Hell Myself Sanity Walk
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Courage Deep Strong Weakness
Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Believe Possible Truth
A man can’t soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Himself Independent Man Wings

The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.

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