Quote#Solitude
Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the…
Quote byWilliam Blake · 1757–1827
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Blake's Exhibition and Catalogue of 1809, A Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures: Number V. The Ancient Britons.
English (original)
Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the exclusive property of Hume, Gibbon nor Voltaire, Echard, Rapin, Plutarch, nor Herodotus. Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading.
— William Blake
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