Every Harlot was a Virgin once - William Blake

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Every Harlot was a Virgin once

William Blake

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About William Blake

William Blake (November 28 1757 – August 12 1827) was an English poet, Christian mystic, painter, printmaker, and engraver.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Thomas Phillips (Public domain / CC0)

Alternative Names: W. Blake • Uil'iam Bleik • Blake

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There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.

But to go to school in a summer morn,
O! It drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.

To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit — General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess.