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I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!
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Do what you will this life's a fiction, And is made up of contradiction.
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