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• Every mortal loss is an immortal gain.

  William Blake

  Loss, Gains, Immortal

  William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.138, Penguin

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• I am more famed in Heaven for my works than I could well conceive. In my brain are studies & chambers filled with books & pictures of old, which I wrote and painted in ages of Eternity before my mortal life; and whose works are the delight & study of Archangels. Why, then, should I be anxious about the riches or fame of mortality?

  William Blake

  Book, Heaven, Brain

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• Execution is the chariot of genius.

  William Blake

  Science, Genius, Execution

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.643, Univ of California Press

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• The fox condemns the trap, not himself.

  William Blake

  Foxes, Traps

  William Blake (2013). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Illuminated Manuscript with the Original Illustrations of William Blake)”, p.52, e-artnow

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• If a thing loves, it is infinite.

  William Blake

  Love, Educational, Philosophy

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.604, Univ of California Press

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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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• The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

  William Blake

  Artist, Differences, Thought Provoking

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.2226, Delphi Classics

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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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• 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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• He who wants, but doesn't act, is a pest.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Motivational, Pests

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• The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.

  William Blake

  Animal, White, Bird

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.116, Pearson Education

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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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• The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

  William Blake

  Best Friend, Friendship, Happiness

  William Blake (1975). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”, p.18, Oxford Paperbacks

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• Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Passion, Emotional

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• I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Flower, Garden

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.26, Univ of California Press

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• Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.

  William Blake

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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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• 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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• 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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• One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.

  William Blake

  Imagination, Vision, Poet

  William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom (1982). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.665, Univ of California Press

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• Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction?
  Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile?

  William Blake

  Regret, Eye, Poison

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.162, Routledge

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• Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Loyalty, Heart

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.163, Wordsworth Editions

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• I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect.

  William Blake

  Wise, Caring, Men

  'Jerusalem' (1815) 'Chapter 4' (plate 91, l. 54)

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• Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.

  William Blake

  Records, Bureaucracy, Being True

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.392, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The eye sees more than the heart knows.

  William Blake

  Heart, Eye, Knows

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.45, Univ of California Press

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