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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 7388 |
| QUOTATION: | What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Blake (1757–1827), British poet, painter, engraver. letter, Aug. 23, 1799. Complete Writings, ed. Geoffrey Keynes (1957). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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