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Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.

William Blake

Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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Born End Grief Happiness Night
Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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Control Enough Passionate Weakness
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Act Born Desire Himself
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
The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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Body Eyes Forever Greatness Man Naked Woman
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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Eyes Himself Man Power See
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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Born Man Mindset Opinion
Excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I take a pencil or graver into my hand.
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Hands Intellectual Mad Myself Wisdom
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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Growth Nation Old Tree
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Believe Truth Understand
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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Growth Himself Lion Tree
I will not reason and compare my business is to create.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Business Creation 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
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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Animal Deep Wild Wisdom
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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Genius Improvement Road
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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Grief Joy

Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.

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