Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.William Blake
And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And Thou shalt not' writ over the door.
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As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs, thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.
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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
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I heard an Angel singing; When the day was springing, Mercy, Pity, Peace; Is the world's release.
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