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Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.
William Blake
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William Blake
Age: 69 †
Born: 1757
Born: November 28
Died: 1827
Died: August 12
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W. Blake
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Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.
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Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!
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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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On no other ground Can I sow my seed Without tearing up Some stinking weed.
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There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.
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Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.
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First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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The true method of knowledge is experiment.
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Life delights in life.
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Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.
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The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.
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Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?
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O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.
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The gulfing whale was like a dot in the spell. Yet look upon it, and 'twould size and swell To its huge self, and the minutest fish Would pass the very hardest gazer's wish, And show his little eye's anatomy.
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To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
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