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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. — William Blake

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William Blake was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1757–1827).

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This quote is attributed to William Blake, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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William Blake lived from 1757 – 1827.
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