How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
WILLIAM BLAKEWhen 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.
More William Blake Quotes
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
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The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
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Without Contraries is no Progression.
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And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.
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He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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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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The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
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Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
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To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
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Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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