As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
WILLIAM BLAKESome are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
More William Blake Quotes
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For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.
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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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Expect poison from the standing water.
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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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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
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Exuberance is beauty.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
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Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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