Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of Genius.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Topic

Genius Incremental improvement Progress

Author

William Blake

Source

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Proverbs of Hell." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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And throughout all eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.

William Blake

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Topic
Forgiveness

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1804 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1804.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "My Spectre around me night & day." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from the 1790s

The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Topic
Parties

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Source
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

Another quote about Progress

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress

Author

Isaac Newton
Source
Letters of Isaac Newton
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1676 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Robert Hooke. 5 Feb. 1676.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Hooke, 5 February 1675/6." The Correspondence of Isaac Newton. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic
Absurdity of life The absurd Life as performance Ephemeral nature of life Life
Speaker
Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Macbeth
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 5.