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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

William Blake

I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
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Angel Enjoyment Fire Hell Myself Sanity Walk
The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.
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Animal Black Thinking
For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.
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Dance God Hands Myself Sing Wings
Opposition is true Friendship.
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Friendship True
Expect poison from the standing water.
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Expectation Poison
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
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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Appearance Forever Philosophy
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Act Born Desire Himself
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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Genius Improvement Road
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Love Time
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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Forever Love
Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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Forget Human Man
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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Genius Gratitude Honesty Present
Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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Connection People
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.
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Love Seek Silence
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend
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Deep Enemy Friendship Person Yourself

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