William Blake

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"To generalize is to be an idiot."	Miscellaneous
"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's."	Men
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."	Miscellaneous
"And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury."	Happiness, Joy, Sin
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."	Men
"To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour."	Age
"What is now proved was once imagined."	Imagination
"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
"The path of excess leads to the tower of wisdom."	Fear
"The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."	Fear
"The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow."	Wisdom
"Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street."	Nature
"You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough."	Quotations
"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."	God, Truth
"I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me."	God
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