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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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Execution is the chariot of genius.
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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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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.
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You become what you behold.
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I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.
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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
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The Britons (say historians) were naked, civilized men, learned, studious, abstruse in thought and contemplation naked, simple, plain in their acts and manners wiser than after ages.
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Without minute neatness of execution, the sublime cannot exist! Grandeur of ideas is founded on precision of ideas.
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The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art
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How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring?
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The cistern contains: The fountain overflows.
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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass Night is worn And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.
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Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: Pipe a song about a Lamb. So I piped with merry cheer Piper, pipe that song again. So I piped he wept to hear.
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Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.
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Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.
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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
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