Quote by William Blake
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. – William Blake

Other quotes by William Blake

This lifes dim windows of the soul
Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to believe a lie
When you see with, not through, the eye. – William Blake

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Literary
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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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Men
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Other Quotes from
Music
category

I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised. – Sting

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Music

I love slow music. – Norah Jones

Category:
Music

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth. – Frank Sinatra

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Music

I dont need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing. – David Duchovny

Category:
Music

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