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.
WILLIAM BLAKEHe whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
More William Blake Quotes
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The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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Do what you will, this life’s a fiction, And it is made up of contradiction.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Without Contraries is no Progression.
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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