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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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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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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! – William Blake

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Birds
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The enemy of your enemy is your friend. – Proverb

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No man sees far; the most see no farther than their noses. – Thomas Carlyle, “Count Cagliostro,” 1833

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Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. – Thomas Carlyle

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The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller

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Nature has always had more force than education. – Voltaire

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Learning how to learn is lifes most important skill. – Tony Buzan

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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech. – Ed Gillespie

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Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? – Robert Orben

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