Quote by William Blake
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade a

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame. – William Blake

Other quotes by William Blake

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour. – William Blake

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Imagination
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That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. – William Blake

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God
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Despair
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Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: Its four o clock. At five I have my abyss… – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Despair

So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair. – Antonin Artaud

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Despair

The person who lives by hope will die by despair. – Italian Proverb

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Despair

Make sense who may. I switch off. – Samuel Beckett

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Despair

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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards – Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin. – Zooey Deschanel

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Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. – Henry Miller

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Chaos