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„Es ist einfacher, einem Feind als einem Freund zu vergeben.“

„Was jetzt bewiesen ist, war einst nur vorstellbar.“

„Der Weg der Exzesse führt in den Palast der Weisheit.“

„Ein Narr sieht nicht denselben Baum, den ein Weiser sieht.“

„Wenn etwas liebt, ist es unendlich.“

„Der Mensch, der seine Meinung nie ändert, ist wie ein stehendes Gewässer und züchtet Reptilien im Kopf.“

„Würden die Pforten der Wahrnehmung gereinigt, erschiene den Menschen alles, wie es ist: unendlich.“

„Dem Vogel ein Nest, der Spinne ein Netz, dem Menschen – Freundschaft.“

„Die beschäftigte Biene hat keine Zeit für Trauer.“

„Deine Freundschaft hat oft mein Herz beschwert:
Sei mein Feind, damit die Freundschaft währt.“

„Leicht ist es, // Sich freun in den Zeiten der Wohlfahrt.“

„Jesus, seine Apostel und Jünger waren alle Künstler“

„Der zerschnittene Wurm vergibt dem Pflug.“

„Weisheit wird dargeboten am einsamen Markt, wo keiner kauft, // Und gefunden auf dürrem Acker, wo der Landmann vergebens den Pflug zieht.“

„Gefängnisse werden aus den Steinen der Gesetze errichtet, Bordelle aus den Ziegeln der Religion.“

„Wer begehrt und nicht handelt, brütet Pestilenz aus.“

„Die Wahrheit kann niemals so gesagt werden, dass sie verstanden und nicht geglaubt werden kann.“

„Das Auge verändert, verändert alles.“

„Jedes Ding hat sein Ungeziefer, Gespenst der schlafenden Toten!“

„Aktives Böse ist besser als passives Gut.“

„Diejenigen, die das Verlangen zurückhalten, tun dies, weil ihr Verlangen schwach genug ist, um zurückgehalten zu werden. Und der Zurückhalter oder die Vernunft usurpiert seinen Platz und regiert den Unwillen.“

„Denke am Morgen. Handle am Nachmittag. Iss am Abend. Schlaf in der Nacht.“

„Mitleid ist die goldene Kette, durch die die Gesellschaft zusammengehalten wird.“

„Einige sind zur süßen Freude geboren, einige zur endlosen Nacht.“

“God appears and god is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day”

“The Old and New Testaments are the great code of art.”

“Pity must join together those whom wrath has torn in sunder”

“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar's laurel crown.”

“And there the lion's ruddy eyes
Shall flow with tears of gold,
And pitying the tender cries,
And walking round the fold,
Saying: "Wrath by his meekness,
And by his health, sickness,
Is driven away
From our immortal day."”

“Abstinence sows sand all over
The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,
But desire gratified
Plants fruits of life and beauty there.”

“Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.”

“Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.”

“Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.
Mock on, mock on — 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.”

“There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.”

“He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt
They'd immediately go out.”

“I have labour'd hard indeed, & have been borne on angel's wings. Till we meet I beg of God our Saviour to be with you & me, & yours & mine. Pray give my & my wife's love to Mrs Butts & Family, & believe me to remain.”

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.”

“I'll shade him from the heat till he can bear
To lean in joy upon our Father's knee;
And then I'll stand and stroke his silver hair,
And be like him and he will then love me.”

“Turn away no more;
Why wilt thou turn away?
The starry floor,
The watery shore
Is given thee till the break of day.”

“My silks and fine array,
My smiles and languished air,
By love are driv'n away;
And mournful lean Despair
Brings me yew to deck my grave:
Such end true lovers have.”

“That the Jews assumed a right Exclusively to the benefits of God. will be a lasting witness against them. & the same will it be against Christians”

“The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said, "Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go love without the help of any thing on earth."”

“When the voices of children are heard on the green
And laughing is heard on the hill,
My heart is at rest within my breast
And everything else is still.”

“Then old Nobodaddy aloft
Farted and belched and coughed,
And said, "I love hanging and drawing and quartering
Every bit as well as war and slaughtering."”

“Thinking as I do that the Creator of this World is a very Cruel Being & 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.”

“SUCH VISIONS HAVE APPEARD TO ME
AS I MY ORDERD RACE HAVE RUN
JERUSALEM IS NAMED LIBERTY
AMONG THE SONS OF ALBION”

“Terror in the house does roar,
But Pity stands before the door.”

“How have you left the ancient love
That bards of old enjoyed in you!
The languid strings do scarcely move!
The sound is forced, the notes are few!”

“I asked a thief to steal me a peach:
He turned up his eyes.
I asked a lithe lady to lie her down:
Holy and meek, she cries.

As soon as I went
An angel came.
He winked at the thief
And smiled at the dame—

And without one word said
Had a peach from the tree,
And still as a maid
Enjoyed the lady.”

“Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.”

“Every tear from every eye
Becomes a babe in eternity.”

“All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.”

“When a Man has Married a Wife
He finds out whether
Her Knees & elbows are only
glued together.”