As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
WILLIAM BLAKEThus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
More William Blake Quotes
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To generalize is to be an idiot.
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Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
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We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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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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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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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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Without Contraries is no Progression.
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Expect poison from the standing water.
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I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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