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Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.

William Blake

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
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Enjoyment Learning Teaching Time Winter
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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Forever Love
A man can’t soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
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Himself Independent Man Wings
To generalize is to be an idiot.
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Stupidity
For every thing that lives is Holy.
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Live Religious
When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
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Myself Talk Truth
Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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Connection People
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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Goodness Religion Talk
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Believe Truth Understand
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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Law Prison Religion
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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Angel Angry Fantasy Fire Rise
Every harlot was a virgin once
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Beginning One Liner
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Animal Learning Lost Time
Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s.
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Rule Slave Yourself
To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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Alone Stupidity
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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Art Existence Goodness Himself Science

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