And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
WILLIAM BLAKEFor every thing that lives is Holy.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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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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A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
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Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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Expect poison from the standing water.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by incapacity.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.
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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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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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For every thing that lives is Holy.
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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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The most sublime act is to set another before you.
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s.
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We become what we behold.
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