"Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s."

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William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker, and a foundational figure of British Romanticism. Born in London on 1757-11-28, he produced visionary works including Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. He died in London on 1827-08-12.

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