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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

William Blake

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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Care Heaven Hell Love
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Deep Philosophy
Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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Act Children Desire
If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
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Doubt Moon Sun
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
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Deep Enough Yourself
Every harlot was a virgin once
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Beginning One Liner
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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Enemy Friendship Heart Pain
How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Born Freedom Joy Prison Sing
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Business Creation Man Myself Reason
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Advice Struggle
Without Contraries is no Progression.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Philosophy Progress
Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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Control Enough Passionate Weakness
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
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Existence Human Imagination
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
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Sadness Time
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Yourself
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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Himself Light Stars

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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