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

Quote by William Blake

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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.

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

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

One thought fills immensity.

One thought fills immensity.

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.

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...

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus.

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus.

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a...

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a...

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

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,...

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom...

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom...

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,...

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you...

You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you...

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is far more beautiful than the sun,...

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is far more beautiful than the sun,...

What is now proved was once only imagined.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

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...

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

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.