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William Blake
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William Blake

“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)
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William Blake

“A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: Auguries of Innocence (1803); Also in: Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (c. 1805)
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William Blake

“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: Annotations to Lavater (1788)
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William Blake

“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)
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William Blake

“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)
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William Blake

“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”

- William Blake

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William Blake

“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”

- William Blake

Source/Notes: The Complete Poetry of William Blake (2011 edition), Digireads.com Publishing - ISBN: 9781420939804
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