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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

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When I tell any truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. – William Blake

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Fatalism is the lazy mans way of accepting the inevitable. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. – Gunther Grass

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When the tide of life turns against you
And the current upsets your boat,
Dont waste tears on what might have been,
Just lie on your back and float. – Anon.

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In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income. – Tom Vilsack

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The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. – Michael Korda

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