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Quote by William Blake
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite.
For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro narrow chinks of his cavern. – William Blake

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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. – William Blake

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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. – William Blake

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Embraces are cominglings from the head even to the feet, and not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place. – William Blake

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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. – Desiderius Erasmus

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. – Walter Benjamin

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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swans egg. – Hans Christian Andersen

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The dung beetle, seeing its child on the wall, thinks it sees a pearl on a thread. – Arabic Proverb

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