Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
WILLIAM BLAKEHow can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
More William Blake Quotes
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is – infinite.
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The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
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When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree
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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship’s sake.
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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 glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.
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