Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.
WILLIAM BLAKEWhat is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.
More William Blake Quotes
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I 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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And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
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I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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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 weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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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 thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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