Everything that lives,
Lives not alone, nor for itself.

William Blake

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all things Nature of life Life

Author

William Blake

Source

The Book of Thel

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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Another quote by William Blake

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

William Blake

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Topic
Man and nature Spending time in nature Nature

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1807 1810s 19th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. The Notebook of William Blake. c. 1811.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Great things are done when Men & Mountains meet." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 1780s

People are not always what they seem.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Nathan the Wise

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Topic
Appearance vs. reality
Speaker
Daya

Author

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Source
Nathan the Wise
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1783 1780s 18th century
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Original Citation

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise]. 14 Apr. 1783, Dobbelinsches Theatre, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan the Wise, translated by William Taylor. Dover Publications, 2015, act 1, sc. 6.

Another quote about Life

Birth, and copulation, and death.
That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Nature of life Life
Speaker
Sweeney

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Fragment of an Agon
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. "Fragment of an Agon." Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama. Faber & Faber, 1932.