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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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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. – William Blake

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William Blake
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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever. – William Blake

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Generations
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The depth of our despair measures what capability and height of claim we have to hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius. – Benjamin Disraeli

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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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To those who despair of everything reason cannot provide a faith, but only passion, and in this case it must be the same passion that lay at the root of the despair, namely humiliation and hatred. – Albert Camus

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