William Blake Quotes About Atheism
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I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.
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As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
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The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks in Parables to the blind. Thine loves the same world that mine hates, Thy heaven-doors are my hell gates.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'
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Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
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Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church, Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch.
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