What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
WILLIAM BLAKEBetter to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
More William Blake Quotes
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
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I will not reason and compare my business is to create.
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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Knowledge is Life with wings
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Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
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Without Contraries is no Progression.
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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