If a thing loves, it is infinite.

William Blake

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I am made to sow the thistle for wheat; the nettle for a nourishing dainty
I have planted a false oath in the earth, it has brought forth a poison tree
I have chosen the serpent for a councellor

William Blake

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I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

William Blake

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Expect poison from the standing water.

William Blake

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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

William Blake

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The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me, and I asked them how they dared so roundly to assert, that God spoke to them; and whether they did not think at the time, that they would be misunderstood,

William Blake

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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

William Blake

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

William Blake

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May God us keep
From Single vision
and Newton's sleep.

William Blake

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Los Sexos nacidos del Orgullo y la Vergüenza
florecieron en la mañana y en la noche murieron;
mas la Piedad cambió la Muerte en Sueño;
los Sexos se irguieron para obrar y llorar.

William Blake

Tags: poesía cantos-de-experiencia

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