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William Blake
(28. 11. 1757 - 12. 8. 1827)- Profession: Poet
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Although he lived in London his entire life (except for three years spent in Felpham), he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
William Blake said
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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
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The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
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I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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What is now proved was once only imagined.
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