How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
WILLIAM BLAKEFiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll’d Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc.
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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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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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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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A man can’t soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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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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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until 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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Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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