And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.
WILLIAM BLAKEAnd Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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Exuberance is beauty.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
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Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
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Do what you will, this life’s a fiction, And it is made up of contradiction.
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Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll’d Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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Opposition is true Friendship.
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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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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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