Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

William Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury.

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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

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An answer to the parson

Why of the sheep do you not learn peace
Because I dont want you to shear my fleece

poem by William Blake from Songs and Ballads (1793)
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O why was I born with a different face?
Why was I not born like rest of my race?

quote by William Blake (1803)
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Lacedemonian Instruction

Come hither my boy tell me what thou seest there
A fool tangled in a religious snaret

poem by William Blake from Songs and Ballads (1793)
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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

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I have always found that angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.

William Blake in Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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