Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
WILLIAM BLAKEThe 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.
More William Blake Quotes
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Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s.
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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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Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they’d immediately go out.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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