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Make your own rules or be a slave to another man's.
— William Blake
Without contraries there is no progression.
— William Blake
That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.
— William Blake
They solved the problem of coexistence through the use of individual stereo headphones.
— William Blake
Blake said Milton was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it. I am of the Devil's party and know it.
— Philip Pullman
He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die.
— William Blake
In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.
— William Blake
Fiery the Angels rose, and as they rose deep thunder roll'd
Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc ... — William Blake
Around their shores, indignant burning with the fires of Orc ... — William Blake
Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green. — William Blake
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green. — William Blake
All that we saw was owing to your metaphysics.
— William Blake
'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'
— William Blake
I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but riches bodily.
— William Blake
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
— William Blake
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
— William Blake
I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow. — William Blake
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow. — William Blake
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
— William Blake
To generalize is to be an idiot.
— William Blake
Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore
— William Blake
We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
— William Blake
For the Eye altering alters all;
The Senses roll themselves in fear
And the flat Earth becomes a Ball. — William Blake
The Senses roll themselves in fear
And the flat Earth becomes a Ball. — William Blake
The fox condemns the trap, not himself
— William Blake
Expect poison from the standing water.
— William Blake
Heaven is in a grain of sand.
— William Blake
Sleep, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming o'er the joys of night.Sleep, sleep: in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep.
— William Blake
What has reason to do with the art of painting?
— William Blake
Every harlot was a virgin once
— William Blake
The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
— William Blake
May God us keep From Single vision and Newton's sleep.
— William Blake
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is better, especially when it comes to saving life, or some pain!
— William Blake
But to go to school in a summer morn, O! It drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day In sighing and dismay.
— William Blake
Damn braces...bless relaxes.
— William Blake
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
— William Blake
The look of love alarms Because 'tis filled with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall sin the lover's hire.
— William Blake
Knowledge of ideal beauty is not to be acquired. It is born with us. Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; theyare truly himself.
— William Blake
Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.
— William Blake
Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.
— William Blake
Where there is money there is no art.
— William Blake
I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.
— William Blake
The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.
— William Blake
The Fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so Holy.
— William Blake
Since the French Revolution Englishmen are all intermeasurable one by another, certainly a happy state of agreement to which I forone do not agree.
— William Blake
Energy is an eternal delight.
— William Blake
Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.
— William Blake
Think in the morning. Act in the noon.
— William Blake
Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
— William Blake
Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.
— William Blake
For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
— William Blake
When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.
— William Blake
The ruins of time build mansions in eternity.
— William Blake
Time is the Mercy of Eternity
— William Blake
The grave is Heaven's golden gate,
And rich and poor around it wait;
O Shepherdess of England's fold,
Behold this gate of pearl and gold! — William Blake
And rich and poor around it wait;
O Shepherdess of England's fold,
Behold this gate of pearl and gold! — William Blake
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
— William Blake
Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm.
— William Blake
Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.
— William Blake
Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition.
— William Blake
The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.
— William Blake
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.
— William Blake
O God, protect me from my friends, that they have not power over me.
Thou hast giv'n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies. — William Blake
Thou hast giv'n me power to protect myself from thy bitterest enemies. — William Blake
A happy fly
If I live
Or if I die — William Blake
If I live
Or if I die — William Blake
I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.
— William Blake
God appears, and God is Light, to those poor souls who dwell in Night; but does a Human Form display to those who dwell in realms of Day.
— William Blake
Every tear from every eyeBecomes a babe in eternity.
— William Blake
Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists
— William Blake
Invention depends altogether upon execution or organization; as that is right or wrong so is the invention perfect or imperfect.
— William Blake
When a Man has Married a WifeHe finds out whetherHer Knees & elbows are onlyglued together.
— William Blake
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')
— William Blake
Where cheating is, there's mischief there.
— William Blake
Tools were made and born were hands, Every farmer understands.
— William Blake
Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.
— William Blake
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear. — William Blake
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear. — William Blake
Arise you little glancing wings, and sing your infant joy!
Arise and drink your bliss, for every thing that lives is holy! — William Blake
Arise and drink your bliss, for every thing that lives is holy! — William Blake
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
— William Blake
If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour.
— William Blake
Imitation is criticism.
— William Blake
The Man who pretends to be a modest enquirer into the truth of a self-evident thing is a Knave.
— William Blake
All the destruction in Christian Europe has arisen from deism, which is natural religion.
— William Blake
The hand of Vengeance found the Bed To which the Purple Tyrant fled The iron hand crush'd the tyrant's head And became Tyrant in his stead.
— William Blake
Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
— William Blake
Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy.
— William Blake
To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design.
— William Blake
In the 18th Century William Blake saw Heaven in a grain of sand. Most people nowadays can't even see the writing on the wall.
— Dean Cavanagh
To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
— William Blake