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William Blake

Author · Philosopher 1757–1827

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English poet and artist (1757–1827)

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“All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.”

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.”

“If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.”

“Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion.”

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.”

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”

“He who desires but acts not breeds pestilence.”

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