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William Blake quotes: There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness. There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.
William Blake quotes: Without contraries there is no progression. Without contraries there is no progression.
William Blake quotes: I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
William Blake quotes: Joy and woe are woven fine. Joy and woe are woven fine.
William Blake quotes: Father, O father! what do we hereIn this land of unbelief and fear? Father, O father! what do we here
In this land of unbelief and fear?
William Blake quotes: Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine, runs a joy with silken twine. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul divine. Under every grief and pine, runs a joy with silken twine.
William Blake quotes: I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!
William Blake quotes: Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise. Mutual forgiveness of each vice. Such are the Gates of Paradise.
William Blake quotes: England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls? England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls?
William Blake quotes: Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion
William Blake quotes: Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius. Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.
William Blake quotes: If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out. If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.
William Blake quotes: The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no
William Blake quotes: There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on.
William Blake quotes: He who replies to words of doubt doth put the light of knowledge out. He who replies to words of doubt doth put the light of knowledge out.
William Blake quotes: When the voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still. When the voices of children are heard on the greenAnd laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breastAnd everything else is still.
William Blake quotes: He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant. He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.
William Blake quotes: God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration! God forbid that Truth should be confined to Mathematical Demonstration!
William Blake quotes: In a wife I would desire / What in whores is always found / The lineaments of gratified desire. In a wife I would desire / What in whores is always found / The lineaments of gratified desire.
William Blake quotes: It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake quotes: Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings! Death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!
William Blake quotes: Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.
William Blake quotes: I said: 'Thou thing of patches, rings,Pins, necklaces and suchlike things,Disguiser of the female form,Thou paltry, gilded poisonous worm! I said: 'Thou thing of patches, rings,
Pins, necklaces and suchlike things,
Disguiser of the female form,
Thou paltry, gilded poisonous worm!
William Blake quotes: Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together. Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
William Blake quotes: A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
William Blake quotes: And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love
William Blake quotes: Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he! Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!
William Blake quotes: All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
William Blake quotes: Every mortal loss is an immortal gain. Every mortal loss is an immortal gain.
William Blake quotes: We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them. We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them.
William Blake quotes: The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night. The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
William Blake quotes: There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet. There is a smile of love, And there is a smile of deceit, And there is a smile of smiles In which these two smiles meet.
William Blake quotes: To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement. To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.
William Blake quotes: More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul. More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.
William Blake quotes: He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty. He loves to sit and hear me sing, Then, laughing, sports and plays with me; Then stretches out my golden wing, And mocks my loss of liberty.
William Blake quotes: If a thing loves, it is infinite.(Annotations to Swedenborg) If a thing loves, it is infinite.
(Annotations to Swedenborg)
William Blake quotes: I love hanging and drawing and quartering Every bit as well as war and slaughtering. I love hanging and drawing and quartering
Every bit as well as war and slaughtering.
William Blake quotes: The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
William Blake quotes: You become what you behold. You become what you behold.
William Blake quotes: The pure soul shall mount on native wings, ... and cut a path into the heaven of glory. The pure soul shall mount on native wings, ... and cut a path into the heaven of glory.
William Blake quotes: The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
William Blake quotes: He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you. He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you.
William Blake quotes: Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse. Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.
William Blake quotes: Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire? Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy?
Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?
William Blake quotes: Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire. Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.
William Blake quotes: Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance ... Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance ...
William Blake quotes: And did the Countenance Divine,Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here,Among these dark Satanic Mills? And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?
William Blake quotes: The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.
William Blake quotes: None but blockheads copy each other. None but blockheads copy each other.
William Blake quotes: A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings. A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
William Blake quotes: Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there. Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there.
William Blake quotes: The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow
William Blake quotes: In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
William Blake quotes: He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out. He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out.
William Blake quotes: Arise you little glancing wings, and sing your infant joy!Arise and drink your bliss, for every thing that lives is holy! Arise you little glancing wings, and sing your infant joy!
Arise and drink your bliss, for every thing that lives is holy!
William Blake quotes: The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
William Blake quotes: Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven. Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,I oft have wished for Hell for ease from Heaven.
William Blake quotes: Every harlot was a virgin once Every harlot was a virgin once
William Blake quotes: I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love. I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.
William Blake quotes: For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
William Blake quotes: A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state. A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.
William Blake quotes: 'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.' 'Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there?' 'A fool tangled in a religious snare.'
William Blake quotes: We are here to learn to endure the beams of love. We are here to learn to endure the beams of love.
William Blake quotes: Heaven is in a grain of sand. Heaven is in a grain of sand.
William Blake quotes: What has reason to do with the art of painting? What has reason to do with the art of painting?
William Blake quotes: Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore
William Blake quotes: 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. 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 quotes: To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design. To be an Error and to be Cast out is a part of God's Design.
William Blake quotes: To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit. To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
William Blake quotes: The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool. The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
William Blake quotes: Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm. Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, But the Ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm.
William Blake quotes: Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly. Never seek to tell thy love; Love that never told can be. For the gentle wind does move silently.. invisibly.
William Blake quotes: The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common. The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.
William Blake quotes: He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
William Blake quotes: When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite. When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.
William Blake quotes: I have conversed with the spiritual Sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill I have conversed with the spiritual Sun. I saw him on Primrose Hill
William Blake quotes: The naked woman's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man. The naked woman's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
William Blake quotes: When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
William Blake quotes: I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand. I will not cease from mental fight Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand.
William Blake quotes: He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only. He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only.
William Blake quotes: Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists
William Blake quotes: Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells? Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?
William Blake quotes: Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
William Blake quotes: The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
William Blake quotes: The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion. The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
William Blake quotes: Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true. Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.
William Blake quotes: Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
William Blake quotes: I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see. I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.
William Blake quotes: And throughout all EternityI forgive you, you forgive me.As our dear Redeemer said:This the Wine, and this the Bread. And throughout all Eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.
As our dear Redeemer said:
This the Wine, and this the Bread.
William Blake quotes: The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one. The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.
William Blake quotes: The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself. The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.
William Blake quotes: You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
William Blake quotes: The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
William Blake quotes: Mere enthusiasm is the all in all ... / Passion and expression are beauty itself. Mere enthusiasm is the all in all ... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.
William Blake quotes: And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear. And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear.
William Blake quotes: And I watered it in fears,Night and morning with my tears;And I sunned it with smiles,And with soft deceitful wiles. And I watered it in fears,
Night and morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
William Blake quotes: Everything to be imagined is an image of truth. Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.
William Blake quotes: Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you. Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.
William Blake quotes: Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave. Pay attention to minute particulars. Take care of the little ones. Generalization and abstraction are the plea of the hypocrite, scoundrel, and knave.
William Blake quotes: The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever. The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.

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