My mother groaned, my father wept,i nto the dangerous world I leapt.
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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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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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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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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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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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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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
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A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.
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Energy is eternal delight.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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Exuberance is beauty.
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And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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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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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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