And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
WILLIAM BLAKEI 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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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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Knowledge is Life with wings
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Every harlot was a virgin once
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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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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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Expect poison from the standing water.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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