To generalize is to be an idiot.
WILLIAM BLAKEWhat 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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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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Every harlot was a virgin once
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.
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To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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