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«Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
| Keywords:
as to, believed, so as to, told, understood
«What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.»
«What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!»
«Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.»
«O! why was I born with a different face? / Why was I not born like the rest of my race?»
«As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs, thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.»
«If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as if it is, infinite»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
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cleansed, cleanses, Doors of Perception, The Doors, The Doors of Perception
«He who shall hurt the little wren / Shall never be beloved by men.»
«If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.»
«When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.»
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