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• Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?

  William Blake

  God, Calling, Helping

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.184, Univ of California Press

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• 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.

  William Blake

  Trust, Courage, Truth

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• There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.

  William Blake

  War, Mistake

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• A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 53

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• In your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth,
  And all you behold, though it appears without,
  It is within, in your imagination,
  Of which this world of mortality is but a shadow.

  William Blake

  Imagination, Heaven, Shadow

  William Blake, David Fuller (2008). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, Longman Publishing Group

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• When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

  William Blake

  Mean, Artist, Enemy

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• Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Night, Delight

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.615, Pearson Education

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• The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.

  William Blake

  Love You, Your Smile, Doe

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.272, Pearson Education

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• The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after the death of the vegetated [i.e. mortal] body. This world of imagination is infinite and eternal, whereas the world of generation is finite and temporal. There exist in that eternal world the eternal realities of everything which we see reflected in this vegetable glass of nature.

  William Blake

  Reality, Glasses, Vegetables

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• Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

  William Blake

  Good Morning, Happiness, Sleep

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

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• They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

  William Blake

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Headstone

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• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

  William Blake

  Wisdom, Knowledge, Thought Provoking

  William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.77, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Artist, Thought Provoking

  William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

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• He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

  William Blake

  Life, Desire, Acting

  'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'Proverbs of Hell'

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• There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.

  William Blake

  Two, Deceit

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.274, Pearson Education

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• Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

  William Blake

  Sports, Nature, Determination

  Note-Book (1807 - 1809)

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• You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn it for yourself.

  William Blake

  Learning, Shoes

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• Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.

  William Blake

  Gratitude, Heaven

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• How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?

  William Blake

  Bird, Joy, Cages

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.82, Routledge

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• Exuberance is beauty.

  William Blake

  Happiness, Beauty, Gratitude

  William Blake (2017). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”, p.11, Litres

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• He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

  William Blake

  Desire

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.405, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

  William Blake

  Strong, Weak, Cunning

  William Blake, William Butler Yeats (1905). “Collected Poems”, p.171, Psychology Press

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• I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

  William Blake

  Spiritual, Art, Holy Spirit

  Attributed to William Blake, "Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius", Book by Michael J. Gelb, 2014.

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• The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

  William Blake

  Time, Sorrow, Bees

  William Blake, William Butler Yeats (2002). “Collected Poems”, p.166, Psychology Press

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