This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.
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For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
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You throw the sand against the wind And the wind blows it back again.
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The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
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If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.
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Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: the Son, O how unlike the Father! First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.
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Both read the Bible day and night, But thou read'st black where I read white
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A truth that's told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent.
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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
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Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.
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Abstinence sows sand all overThe ruddy limbs and flaming hair,But Desire GratifiedPlants fruits of life and beauty there.
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Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
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And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, / And binding with briars my joys and desires.
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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.
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And because I am happy and dance and sing, They think they have done me no injury.
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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.
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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.
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I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If...
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Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with Ignorance.
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Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
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A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?
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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.
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I have always found that angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.
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Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.
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