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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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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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My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud. – William Blake

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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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A kind soul knows impoliteness is just preoccupied with distraction. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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