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Rintrah roars and shakes his fires in the burden'd air; Hungry clouds swag on the deep. (William Blake)
Art is the tree of life. SCIENCE is the Tree of DEATH ART is the Tree of LIFEGOD is JESUS. View quote
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The cut worm forgives the plow. View quote
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. View quote
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If the lion was advised by the fox. he would be cunning. View quote
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Where man is not nature is barren. View quote
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Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. View quote
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The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself. View quote
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How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring? View quote
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Rouze up, O Young Men of the New Age! set your foreheads against the ignorant Hirelings! For we have Hirelings in the Camp, the Court & the University, who would, if they could, for ever depress Mental & prolong Corporeal War. View quote
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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors. (William Blake)
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern. View quote
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My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. View quote
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street. View quote
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Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. View quote
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? View quote
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Knowledge is Life with wings. View quote
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together. View quote
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Without contraries there is no progression. View quote
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And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification. View quote
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How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five? (William Blake)
And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles. View quote
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I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand. View quote
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The naked woman's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man. View quote
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True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man. View quote
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