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The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.

William Blake

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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
Collector
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Lithographer
Painter
Philosopher
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London
England
W. Blake
Uil'iam Bleik
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Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
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When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.
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The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
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Never seek to tell thy love Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
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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 wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.
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I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.
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The cut worm forgives the plow.
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And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.
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Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them.
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Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
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Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.
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The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
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