You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
 William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790). copy citation

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Author William Blake
Source The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Date 1790
Language English
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“He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers. The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction Expect poison from the standing water. You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. Listen to the fools reproach! it is a kingly title! The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth. The weak in courage is strong in cunning. The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse;” source