William Blake Quotes - Page 4

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• General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

  William Blake

  Idiot, General Knowledge

  "Annotations to The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds" (ca. 1798 - 1809)

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• Knowledge is Life with wings

  William Blake

  Wings

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• The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

  William Blake

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

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• The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

  William Blake

  Beauty, Glory Of God

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "Proverbs of Hell" (1790 - 1793)

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• Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance.

  William Blake

  Ignorance, Innocence

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.697, Univ of California Press

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• If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.

  William Blake

  Would Be, Lions, Foxes

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.199, Wordsworth Editions

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• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

  William Blake

  Faith, Forgiveness, Christian Inspirational

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.201, Univ of California Press

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• The true method of knowledge is experiment.

  William Blake

  Knowledge, Experience, Action

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.1, Univ of California Press

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• More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.

  William Blake

  Wisdom, Soul, Cry

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.44, Pearson Education

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• The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.

  William Blake

  Flower, Moon, Night

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.55, Routledge

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• If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.

  William Blake

  Eye, Imagination, Mind

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• The most sublime act is to set another before you.

  William Blake

  Sacrifice, Sublime, Self Sacrifice

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.316, Pearson Education

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• He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise.

  William Blake

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.6, Wordsworth Editions

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• Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.

  William Blake

  Love, Hate, Energy

  'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'The Argument'

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• What is it men in women do require: The lineaments of gratified desire. What is it women do in men require: The lineaments of gratified desire.

  William Blake

  Men, Desire

  'MS Note-Book' p. 99 'Several Questions Answered' - "What is it men in women do require"

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• As a man is, so he sees.

  William Blake

  Motivational, Men, Thought Provoking

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.702, Univ of California Press

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• Every harlot was a virgin once.

  William Blake

  Artist, Innocence, Harlots

  'For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise' 'To the Accuser who is The God of This World' [epilogue]

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• thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast.

  William Blake

  Men, Deities, Breasts

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.134, Pearson Education

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• Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Artist, Laughing

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.202, Delphi Classics

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• Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.

  William Blake

  Marketplace, Desolate

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• Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

  William Blake

  Attitude, Commitment, Pride

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• Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

  William Blake

  Future, Desperate, Rage

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.343, Oxford University Press, USA

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• As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

  William Blake

  Atheist, Eggs, Joy

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.167, Routledge

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• Shame is pride's cloak.

  William Blake

  Pride, Shame, Cloaks

  William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.76, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

  William Blake

  Evil, Thought Provoking, Passive

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.127, Pearson Education

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