"To some people a tree is something so incredibly beautiful that it brings tears to the eyes. To others it is just a green thing that stands in the way."
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"One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision."
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"Eternity is in love with the productions of time."
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"Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything."
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"Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans"
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"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru chinks of his cavern."
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"As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers."
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"Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake."
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"He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars."
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"One thought fills immensity."
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"Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse."
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"He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God."
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"LOVE'S SECRET Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly: He took her with a sigh."
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"Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
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"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars."
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"Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire."
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"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."
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"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise."
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"Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things."
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"The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist."
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