You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

Quote by William Blake

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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.

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.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

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

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

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...

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Beats all the lies you can invent.

Beats all the lies you can invent.

Mutual Forgiveness of each vice, Such are the Gates of Paradise.

Mutual Forgiveness of each vice, Such are the Gates of Paradise.

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.

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what...

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what...

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

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

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

What is now proved was once only imagined.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

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.

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's...

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's...

Exuberance is beauty.

Exuberance is beauty.

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.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that...

The human mind shows an urge to capture into fixed forms through unreal assumptions, that...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...