Quote by William Blake
I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not se

I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes. – William Blake

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The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. – William Blake

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Art
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Can I see anothers woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see anothers grief, and not seek for kind relief? – William Blake

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sad
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After the striving, the fine talk, and the grandeur of dreams — all that remains is an elegance of bones. – Dr. Idel Dreimer, www.lumpenbangenpiano.com

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If anyone were to be willing to trace his descent through an ape as his grandfather, would he be willing to trace his descent similarly on the side of his grandmother? – Samuel Wilberforce

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Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting. – Leonardo DaVinci

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The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. – Author Unknown

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Sympathy is something that shouldnt be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. – Bob Feller

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. – Author unknown

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We have to understand how the extremists got the way they are. Without that kind of understanding, wed never really get to know them. I put in nothing about their childhoods. But what I have put in is stuff about the weird symbiotic relationship between us and them. – Jon Ronson

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Trust is the first step to love. – Munshi Premchand

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