Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
WILLIAM BLAKESooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
More William Blake Quotes
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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I will not reason and compare my business is to create.
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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Knowledge is Life with wings
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What 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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