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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend

William Blake

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
WILLIAM BLAKE

Growth Nation Old Tree
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Growth Himself Lion Tree
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Believe Truth Understand
Opposition is true Friendship.
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Friendship True
Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Act Children Desire
What is now proved was once only imagined.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Imagination Theory
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Deep Philosophy
How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
WILLIAM BLAKE

Born Freedom Joy Prison Sing
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
WILLIAM BLAKE

Law Prison Religion
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Deep Enough Yourself
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Animal Learning Lost Time
For every thing that lives is Holy.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Live Religious
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Existence Human Imagination
And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Black Desire Joy Walk
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Leadership Road Wisdom
Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth.
WILLIAM BLAKE

Believe Possible Truth

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