William Blake Quotes - Page 6

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• The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

  William Blake

  Wisdom, Work, Pride

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

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• Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.

  William Blake

  Nature, Flower, Eternity Of Life

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 1

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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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• My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt.

  William Blake

  Birthday, Mother, Father

  'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'Infant Sorrow'

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• The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

  William Blake

  Wisdom, Time, Artist

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.114, Pearson Education

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• Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Kindness, Together

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• To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

  William Blake

  Bible, Spiritual, Art

  William Blake (1988). “William Blake”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Without contraries there is no progression.

  William Blake

  Progression, Contrary

  "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". Book by William Blake, 1790-1793.

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• Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude.

  William Blake

  Gratitude, Heaven

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.834, Oxford University Press, USA

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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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• The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.

  William Blake

  Wise, Men, Errors

  'MS Note-Book' p. 42

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• The eye altering, alters all.

  William Blake

  Eye, Artist, Awareness

  The Mental Traveller

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• Bring me an axe and spade,
  Bring me a winding-sheet;
  When I my grave have made
  Let winds and tempests beat:
  Then down I'll lie as cold as clay.
  True love doth pass away!

  William Blake

  Love, Lying, Wind

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.46, Pearson Education

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• The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.

  William Blake

  Respect, Art, Men

  William Blake (1988). “William Blake”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.

  William Blake

  Wise, Photography, Teaching

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

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• Children of the future age Reading this indignant page Know that in a former time Love, sweet love, was thought a crime

  William Blake

  Sweet, Children, Reading

  'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'A Little Girl Lost'

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• He who doubts from what he sees
  Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

  William Blake

  Believe, Doubt, Please

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.433, Oxford University Press, USA

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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 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

  Friendship, Anger, Wrath

  'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'A Poison Tree'

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• The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Artist, Soul

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.171, Pearson Education

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• Can I see a falling tear,
  And not feel my sorrow's share?

  William Blake

  Fall, Compassion, Sorrow

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.60, Routledge

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• Heaven is in a grain of sand.

  William Blake

  Heaven, Sand, Grains Of Sand

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• Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.

  William Blake

  Angel, Doors, Innocence And Experience

  'Songs of Innocence' (1789) 'Holy Thursday'

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• For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.

  William Blake

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, I Forgive You

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• The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.

  William Blake

  God, Kissing, Luck

  William Blake (1979). “Complete writings: with variant readings”

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