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-The road of excess leds to the palace of wisdom. -Prudence is a rich,ugly maid courted by Incapacity. -He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence. -A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. -The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom, no clock can measure. -If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. -The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. -When thou seest an Eagle, thou seest a portion of Genius, lift up thy head! -Prayers plow not! Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not! -Where man is not, nature is barren. -Opposition is true Friendship. -I tell you, no virtue can exist without breaking these ten commandments. Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules. -One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression. -For every thing that lives is Holy. ( The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790-1793 ) -Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. -Empire follows Art & Not Vice Versa as Engli