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Birthdate November 28, 1757

Zodiac Sagittarius

Location London, United Kingdom

Country England

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

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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.

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The Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me, and I asked them how they dared so roundly to assert, that God spoke to them; and whether they did not think at the time, that they would be misunderstood, & so be the cause of imposition.

Isaiah answer'd, I saw no God, nor heard any, in a finite organical perception; but my senses discover'd the infinite in every thing, and as I was then persuaded, & remain confirm'd; that the voice of honest indignation is the voice of God, I cared not for consequences but wrote.

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But to go to school in a summer morn,

O! It drives all joy away;

Under a cruel eye outworn,

The little ones spend the day

In sighing and dismay.

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If the Doors of Perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it truly is - infinite.

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The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.

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Dip him in the river who loves water.

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The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire at the end of six thousand years is true, as I have heard from Hell.

For the cherub with his flaming sword is hereby commanded to leave his guard at tree of life, and when he does, the whole creation will be consumed, and appear infinite, and holy whereas it now appears finite & corrupt.

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Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.

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What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

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I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.

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Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.

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