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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
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Graphic Artist
Illustrator
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London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
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Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind.
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thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.
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It is an easy thing to talk of patience to the afflicted.
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Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be!
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Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth Prepare your arms for glorious victory Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!
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Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.
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A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven for human blood. Each outcry of the hunted hare A fibre from the brain does tear, A skylark wounded on the wing, A cherubim does cease to sing.
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Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.
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How have you left the ancient love That bards of old enjoyed in you! The languid strings do scarcely move! The sound is forced, the notes are few!
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The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
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Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?
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Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore
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Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.
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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.
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The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.
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