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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

William Blake

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Love Time
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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Growth Nation Old Tree
And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.
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Born Learning Love Nature Space
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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Forever Love
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
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
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Existence Human Imagination
The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.
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Animal Death Forgiveness
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
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Myself Talk Truth
Opposition is true Friendship.
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Friendship True
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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Act Yourself
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
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Deep Enough Yourself
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Gratitude Thankful
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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Attraction Energy Existence Hate Human Love Necessary Progress Reason
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
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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Greatness Man Nature
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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Appearance Forever Philosophy

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