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Every harlot was a virgin once.

~William Blake

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You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

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If a thing loves, it is infinite.

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The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

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Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

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

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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: November 28th, 1757

Died: August 12th, 1827

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