He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
WILLIAM BLAKEThy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
More William Blake Quotes
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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.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently invisibly.
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The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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I will not reason and compare my business is to create.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
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Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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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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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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Dip him in the river who loves water.
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To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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The naked woman’s body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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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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Knowledge is Life with wings
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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