Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.

Quote by William Blake

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Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

Improvement makes strait roads: but the crooked roads without Improvement are roads of Genius.

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels,...

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels,...

Beats all the lies you can invent.

Beats all the lies you can invent.

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

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

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its...

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its...

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another...

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another...

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee?...

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee?...

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.

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...

Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine,...

Cruelty has a human heart, And jealousy a human face Terror, the human form divine,...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Energy is eternal delight

Energy is eternal delight

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason...

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason...

I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were...

I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the...