Welcome to the Inspirational Living podcast.

On today's podcast, we are going to read some proverbs and text from William Blake's famous work, The Marriage

of Heaven and Hell, first published in 1793.

As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of genius,

which to angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their proverbs,

thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature

of infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.

How do you know but every bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight closed by your senses

five. In seed time learn, in harvest, teach, in winter, enjoy.

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 incapacity.

Those who desire but act not

breed pestilence.

The cut worm forgives the plow.

Dip those in the river who love water.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise person sees.

Those whose face gives no light shall never become a star.

Eternity is in love with the production become a star.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.

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