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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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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To generalize is to be an idiot.
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Excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I take a pencil or graver into my hand.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Dip him in the river who loves water.
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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.
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