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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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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 fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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He who replies to words of doubt doth put the light of knowledge out.
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The Fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so Holy.
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Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.
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Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!
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Opposition is true friendship.
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How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
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The vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision's greatest enemy.
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Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
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The mocker of Art is the mocker of Jesus.
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To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
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Auguries of innocence The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.
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Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.
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Nature has no outline. Imagination has.
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He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.
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Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul to bind.
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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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Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming o'er the joys of night.Sleep, sleep: in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep.
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To cast aside from Poetry, all that is not Inspiration
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