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

Quote by William Blake

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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.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

I looked for my soul but my soul I could not see. I looked for...

I looked for my soul but my soul I could not see. I looked for...

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

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

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a...

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a...

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

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

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

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.

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,...

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...

The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.

The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.

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...

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Possessed he is with greatness and speaks not to himself but with a pride that...

Possessed he is with greatness and speaks not to himself but with a pride that...