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

William Blake

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
A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Bad Invention Lie Truth Yourself
The eye altering, alters all.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Change Eyes
Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Avoid Man Mindset Yourself
To generalize is to be an idiot.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Stupidity
Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Care Heaven Hell Love
I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Accomplishment Myself Spirit
I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Angel Enjoyment Fire Hell Myself Sanity Walk
The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Body Eyes Forever Greatness Man Naked Woman
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Leadership Road Wisdom
We become what we behold.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Be Yourself Growth
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Forever Himself Joy Kiss Sunrise
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
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Eyes Himself Man Power See
Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Desire Enough Weakness
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Attraction Energy Existence Hate Human Love Necessary Progress Reason

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

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