For Mercy has a human heart; Pity, a human face; And Love, the human form divine: And Peace the human dress. Songs of InnocenceCruelty has a human heart And jealousy a human face, Terror the human form divine, And secrecy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace seal'd, The human heart its hungry gorge. Songs of Experience - This poem was discovered posthumously. . William Blake
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  3. Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people. - Roy T. Bennett

  4. And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful. - Ruskin Bond

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  1. If a thing loves, it is infinite.

  2. Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

  3. To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

  4. What is now proved was once only imagined.

  5. A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.

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