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Pity would be no more

Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Songs of Experience (1794), The Human Abstract, st. 1.

English (original)

Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be If all were as happy as we.

— William Blake

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