Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.

Quote by William Blake

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How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower...

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower...

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the...

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

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

What is now proved was once only imagined.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

My mother groan'd, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping...

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the...

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

Beats all the lies you can invent.

Beats all the lies you can invent.

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

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

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.

Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

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

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