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They said this mystery never shall cease: the priest promotes war, and the soldier peace


William Blake

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WILLIAM BLAKE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Is this some city? You go looking for Vermeer and you find William Blake.
JOHN SCANLON The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the dee...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR In the 18th Century William Blake saw the world in a grain of sand. Most people nowadays can't even ...
DEAN CAVANAGH Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never a...
ULYSSES S. GRANT The inner light shall never cease to burn.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor ...
US CONSTITUTION War in the body. Soldier in the heart. Peace in the soul. Love off the chart.
SCOTTIE SOMERS The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: ...
FRANCESCO PETRARCH I don't know who mentioned William Blake first, but Allen talked about his visions of Blake and I to...
MICHAEL MCCLURE A true soldier is safe at home, but that is not what he is trained for.
WOHI PURANA The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR The sacred lamp, shall never cease to burn to give light.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into...
OMAR KHAYYáM And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, an...
BIBLE That William Blake
Who beat upon the wall
Till Truth obeyed his call.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. -Anonymous.
ANONYMOUS And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD...
BIBLE If we are to reach peace in this world and if we are to carry on a war against war, we shall have to...
MAHATMA GANDHI The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.
BRUCE DICKINSON The grave is Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait; O Shepherdess of England'...
WILLIAM BLAKE That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths...
WILLIAM HAZLITT He was safe for the moment, here in the playground, but people all over the world were suffering, st...
SUZANNE COLLINS And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed fr...
BIBLE Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
HENRY KISSINGER If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we sh...
MAHATMA GANDHI This book is cheerfully dedicated to those greatest and most heroic of all human endeavors, WAR and ...
JAMES JONES You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh ...
KEN FOLLETT peace brings ignorance. war brings arrogance. ignorance bings war, war brings arrogance, arrogance b...
THOMAS PRICE I shall create a world without Pain. For Peace i shall start a War. For living I shall start Killing...
SANDEEP PRADHAN I sang 'O Holy Night' with the Vatican orchestra, but also a Blake - a lullaby that William ...
PATTI SMITH If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war w...
JOHN BRIGHT If this phrase of the balance of power is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will...
JOHN BRIGHT If this phrase of the ''balance of power'' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war ...
JOHN BRIGHT Sworn to avenge
Condemn to Hell
Tempt not the blade
All fear the Sentinel
TIPTON GLENN RAYMOND HALFORD ROB DOWNING KENNETH Without war we can never appreciate peace & without peace there will be no war.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Life and peace. Victory and vengeance.
And never the twain shall meet.
LAINI TAYLOR I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World ...
FRITZ SAUCKEL Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledg...
DAVID AMRAM And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ...
BIBLE If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext fo...
JOHN BRIGHT Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade.
JOHN DRYDEN But this too is true: stories can save us.
TIM O'BRIEN War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adr...
H. L. MENCKEN War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebums and smaller adre...
H. L. MENCKEN War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adr...
H.L. MENCKEN War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adr...
HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cea...
WINSTON CHURCHILL What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never ce...
WINSTON CHURCHILL The mystery behind the exponential powers of the alphabets remains a perfect mystery.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.
PATRICK HENRY PEARSE Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
BIBLE The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individ...
SOLOMON ORTIZ And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket,...
BIBLE Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
BIBLE Such subtle Covenants shall be made,Till Peace it self is War in Masquerade.
JOHN DRYDEN I am a member of the Peace Society because I was a soldier: because I have fought and seen what war ...
ERNESTO TEODORO MONETA A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the...
JIM JARMUSCH Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blak...
WILLIAM BLAKE Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
LORD ESSEX Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind
LORD ESSEX Ms. Clinton, like the Obama administration more broadly, believes that appeasing Islamists... promot...
LOUIE GOHMERT Is there some lesson on how to be friends?
I think what it means is that central to living
DAVID RAKOFF Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think ...
OTTO VON BISMARCK In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I ...
HIROMU ARAKAWA I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I di...
ISOROKU YAMAMOTO Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace woul...
WINSTON CHURCHILL We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to dem...
SAMUEL GOMPERS The greatest mystery of all: tomorrow.
MARTY RUBIN I thank our people for their support in the war against terror. We shall not let our guard down and ...
ANGELO REYES Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused.
UNKNOWN Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a...
CHARLES STUDD All that we saw was owing to your metaphysics.
WILLIAM BLAKE The war is won before its begun.... release the doves
FALL OUT BOY War always has to be the last resort no the first response.
IPE MATHEW You cannot promote peace while engaging in war.
SHELDON HAYES In historical events great men-so called-are but the labels that serve to give a mane to an event, a...
LEO TOLSTOY Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.
ARTHUR MIDDLETON They have not wanted Peace at all; they have wanted to be spared war -- as though the absence of war...
DOROTHY THOMPSON In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence...
THOMAS JEFFERSON There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill...
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the ho...
BIBLE And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offer...
BIBLE The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. ...
JOHN FOSTER DULLES The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. P...
JOHN FOSTER DULLES The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. ...
JOHN FOSTER DULLES Dangerous as a lightning strike, as lethal as a pair of crisscrossing short swords, William whispere...
GENA SHOWALTER 'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really t...
EVELYN ARTHUR ST. JOHN WAUGH The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria:...
BIBLE That it shall hold companionship in peace With honour, as in war. -Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 2.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE This extraordinary war in which we are engaged falls heavily upon all classes of people, but the mos...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...men are poor soldiers in love's war. And it is a war-one that never ends.
ANDREA CREMER Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained.
JOHN BOSWELL Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained
JOHN POWELL You should not be discouraged; one doe not die of a cold," the priest said to the bishop. The old ma...
WILLA SIBERT CATHER Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that sc...
MARK HADDON Some revelations have been reserved for the last days for God to accomplish His original plan.
PST ADELAJA SUNDAY Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and...
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The...
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WILLIAM BLAKE Humility is only doubt, / And does the sun and moon blot out.
WILLIAM BLAKE I have mental joys and mental health,Mental friends and mental wealth,I've a wife that I love and th...
WILLIAM BLAKE If the Sun and Moon should doubt, / They'd immediately go out.
WILLIAM BLAKE excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I ta...
WILLIAM BLAKE The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of war, the beard of earth.
WILLIAM BLAKE A dog starved at his master's gate, Predicts the ruin of the state
WILLIAM BLAKE Dip him in the river who loves water.
WILLIAM BLAKE Tiger! Tiger! burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could fram...
WILLIAM BLAKE Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.
WILLIAM BLAKE For he hears the lambs innocent call.And he hears the ewes tender reply.He is watchful while they ar...
WILLIAM BLAKE Every tear from every eye / Becomes a babe in Eternity.
WILLIAM BLAKE Seek Love in the pity of others' woe,In the gentle relief of another's care,In the darkness of night...
WILLIAM BLAKE Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow, too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind...
WILLIAM BLAKE