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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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Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. – 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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To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I do recognize and what I do not recognize there stands myself. And what I do not recognize I shall continue not to recognize. – Andre Breton

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You are only as wise as others perceive you to be. – M. Shawn Cole

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To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. – Anon.

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