I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear…

Quote by William Blake

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

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

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn...

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...

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

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.

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth...

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth...

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

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

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

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

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

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...

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...

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...

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

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

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

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

What is now proved was once imagined.

What is now proved was once imagined.

If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.

If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is,...

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is,...