A Truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the Lies you can invent

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

William Blake

Source

Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.

William Blake

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Topic
Letting go

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Eternity." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1800s

The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

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Topic
Rule of law American politics

Author

John Marshall
Source
Marbury v. Madison
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1803 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison. United States Reports, vol. 5, 24 Feb. 1803, pp. 137-180. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/.

Another quote about Truth

There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Topic
Embellishment Truth

Author

Mark Twain
Source
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Medium
Novel
Genre
Children's literature Adventure novel
Language
English
Time
1884 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edited by R. Kent Rasmussen. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.