Some Proverbs from Hell by William
Blake
(Not to be confused with the Wall Street
Journal although one might think so at times)
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the
dead.
The road of excess leads to the palace of
wisdom.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by
Incapactiy.
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
(Not to be confused with Henry George although
one might think.....)
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Dip him in the river who loves water.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man
sees.
(linear thought?)
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a
star.
(nor make it on Broadway)
A dead body. revenges not injuries. (GWBush's
favorite)
If the fool would persist in his folly he would
become wise
Shame is Prides cloke.
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with
bricks of religion.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of
God.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
The warth of the lion is the wisdom of
God.
The nakedness of woman is the work of God. (I
like that one)
Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy
weeps.
The fox condemns the trap, not
himself.
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
The bird a nest, the pider a web, man
friendship.
What is now proves was one, only
imagin'd.
One though fills immensity.
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man
will avoid you.
Every thing possibnle to be believ'd is an image of
truth.
He who has sufferd you to impose on him knows
you.
As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers.
The tygers or wrath are wiser than the horses of
instruction.
You neve know what is enough unless you know what
is more than enough.
If others had not been foolish we should be so.
The soul of sweet delight. can never be defil'd,
To create a little flower is the labour of
ages.
Damn. braces; Bless
relaxes.
The head sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals
Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion.
As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is
contempt to the contemptible.
The crow wish'd every thing was black, the owl,
that every thing was white.
Exuberance is Beauty.
Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked
roads with Improvement, are roads of Genius.
Where man is not nature is barren.
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and
not be believ'd.
Thanks William
Ray
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> "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair
> inevitable." -- Raymond Williams
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> From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:35 PM
> To: Keith Hudson
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> Subject: Re: [Futurework] French want longer working week
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> Keith Hudson wrote:
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> > From the Financial Times -- 24 September 2003
> > <<<<
> > FRENCH PINE FOR THE WORKING LIFE
> >
> > Robert Graham
> >
> > France's 35-hour working week, the flagship policy of the country's
> > previous socialist government, has fallen out of favour among an
> > increasing number of employees. In a world of rising unemployment and
> > wage freezes, they say, they want to work more.
> >
> > In a survey published yesterday 36 per cent of respondents said they
> > would be happy to see the shorter working week suppressed altogether,
> > with a return to the former 39-hour norm.
> [snip]
>
> Well, I wonder how many would like a 45 hr week? 50? ....
>
> I wonder how many would want longer hours if
> the wage flight to the bottom, of the
> new Global Economy was reined in?
>
> Persons always chose the less worse alternative. Why can't
> we have some GOOD alternatives?
>
> \brad mccormick
>
> --
> Let your light so shine before men,
> that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
>
> Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
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