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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

William Blake

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend
WILLIAM BLAKE

Deep Enemy Friendship Person Yourself
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Capacity Rich Ugly
Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Advice Struggle
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Gratitude Thankful
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
WILLIAM BLAKE

Genius Gratitude Honesty Present
Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Born End Grief Happiness Night
How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
WILLIAM BLAKE

Born Freedom Joy Prison Sing
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Love Time
Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Believe Possible Truth
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Eat Morning Night Thinking
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars; General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer: For Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Art Existence Goodness Himself Science
A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Goodness Religion Talk
Excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I take a pencil or graver into my hand.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Hands Intellectual Mad Myself Wisdom
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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Greatness Man Nature
For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Dance God Hands Myself Sing Wings
Without Contraries is no Progression.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Philosophy Progress

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

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