The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
WILLIAM BLAKEHow can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
More William Blake Quotes
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Do what you will, this life’s a fiction, And it is made up of contradiction.
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To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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Energy is eternal delight.
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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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Without Contraries is no Progression.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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Every harlot was a virgin once
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Dip him in the river who loves water.
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He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
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Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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We become what we behold.
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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