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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
Written by William Blake
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Written by William Blake
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.
Written by William Blake
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
Written by William Blake
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
Written by William Blake
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Written by William Blake
Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
Written by William Blake
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
Written by William Blake
Exuberance is beauty.
Written by William Blake
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.
Written by William Blake
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
Written by William Blake
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
Written by William Blake
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Written by William Blake
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.
Written by William Blake
To generalize is to be an idiot.
Written by William Blake
Lives in eternity's sun rise.
Written by William Blake
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
Written by William Blake
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
Written by William Blake
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Written by William Blake
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.
Written by William Blake
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.
Written by William Blake
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
Written by William Blake
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
Written by William Blake
Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
Written by William Blake
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
Written by William Blake
If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.
Written by William Blake
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.
Written by William Blake
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
Written by William Blake
Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
Written by William Blake
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
Written by William Blake

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