- William Blake
(11/28/1757 – 08/12/1827)
English writer
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"If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot."
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"He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence."
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"Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal."
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"As matters stand, their only common interest is that of cutting each other's throat."
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"Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine."
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"I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away."
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"The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions."
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"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand."
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"It wasn't the way I looked at a man, it was the thought behind it."
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"We're labeling it 'soul bubblegum.'"
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"If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets."
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"I can't believe it's not air."
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"They said to get back to work. There were no jobs available for a man in the fetal position under his desk crying, which I would have gladly taken."
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"It's very expensive to be me. It's terrible the things I have to do to be me."
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| Born 11/27 | Born 11/28 | Born 11/29 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 11/27 | Died 11/28 | Died 11/29 | Death Dates |