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from THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL (1793)
Proverbs of Hell:
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
Folly is the cloak of knavery. Shame is Pride’s cloak.
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
As the plough follows words, so God rewards prayers.
Expect poison from the standing water.
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
The soul of sweet delight can never be defiled.
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands and feet Proportion.
As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.
The crow wished everything was black, the owl that everything was white.
Exuberance is Beauty.
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.
Enough! or Too much.
Opposition is true Friendship.
One Law for the Lion and Ox is Oppression.
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