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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 grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. – William Blake

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