He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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.
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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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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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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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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
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Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
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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 imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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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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What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
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Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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To generalize is to be an idiot.
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
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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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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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We become what we behold.
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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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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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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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