“Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds.”
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Blake, W. (n.d.). Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5361-commerce-is-so-far-from-being-beneficial-to/
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Blake, William. “Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5361-commerce-is-so-far-from-being-beneficial-to/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Blake, William. “Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5361-commerce-is-so-far-from-being-beneficial-to/.