William Blake Quotes
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The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.
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I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.
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There is no amount of money, time or energy too great to spend on our children. They are our angels, our future. In failing them, we are failing ourselves.
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Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.
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Look to the beauty of this day, miracles are all around you.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.
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The soul is a temple; and God is silently building it by night and by day. Precious thoughts are building it; disinterested love is building it; all-penetrating faith is building it.
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We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
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Hell no / I ain't going to go / Clean out my cell / And take my tail / To jail / Without bail / Because it's better there eating / Watching television fed / Than in Vietnam with your white folks dead.
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In a Democracy, look how many Demagogs that is how many powerful Orators there are with the people.
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Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
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The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.
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To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget that they are friends.
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I believe it should be within 12 months or more, 24 months, something like that.
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Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.
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In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
