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I have labour'd hard indeed, & have been borne on angel's wings. Till we meet I beg of God our Saviour to be with you & me, & yours & mine. Pray give my & my wife's love to Mrs Butts & Family, & believe me to remain.

— William Blake The Letters Of William Blake (1956)

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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790)

Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

Milton (1809)

Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair.

Songs of Experience (1794)

Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790)

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

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