More from William Blake

  1. The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.
  2. Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
  3. The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The na…
  4. The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
  5. Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.
  6. Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
  7. If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
  8. The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

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