William Blake

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"And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury."	Happiness, Joy, Sin
"For Mercy has a human heart, Pity, a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress."	Art, Love, Men
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street."	Nature
"He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise."	Destruction, Happiness, Joy
"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."	Ambition, Desires, Wants
"He's a Blockhead who wants a proof of what he Can't Percieve And he's a Fool who tries to make such a Blockhead believe."	Desires, Lies, Wants
"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's."	Men
"I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me."	God
"I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow."	Age, Anger, Friends
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."	Men
"It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend."	Forgiveness, Friends
"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."	Evil, Good, Lies
"Love seeketh not Itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives it ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. "	Love
"Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise."	Forgiveness
"My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud."	Anger, Friends, Help
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."	Miscellaneous
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."	Miscellaneous
"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship."	Friends, Men
"The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow."	Wisdom
"The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness."	Forgiveness, Glory, Religion
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Age	Ambition	Anger
Art	Courage	Desires
Destruction	Evil	Fear
Forgiveness	Friends	Generosity
Glory	God	Good
Happiness	Help	Honesty
Imagination	Intentions	Joy
Lies	Life	Love
Men	Miscellaneous	Nature
Peace	Quotations	Religion
Sin	Strength	Success
Truth	Wants	Wisdom