William Blake Quotes - Page 9

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• Each man must create his own system or else he is a slave to another mans

  William Blake

  Men, Slave

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• He who makes his law a curse, by his own law shall surely die.

  William Blake

  Revenge, Law, Curse

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.313, Pearson Education

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• Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.

  William Blake

  Men, Atheism, Answers

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.40, Univ of California Press

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• Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy.

  William Blake

  Strong, Silent

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.259, Pearson Education

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• I thought Love lived in the hot sunshine,
  But O, he lives in the moony light!
  I thought to find Love in the heat of day,
  But sweet Love is the comforter of night.

  William Blake

  Sweet, Inspirational Love, Sunshine

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.129, Routledge

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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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• 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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• God only acts and is, in existing beings or men.

  William Blake

  Men

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.172, Routledge

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• I am under the direction of messengers from Heaven daily and nightly.

  William Blake

  Heaven, Messengers

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

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• The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.

  William Blake

  Running, Men, Tides

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.549, Pearson Education

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• Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.

  William Blake

  Energy, Delight, Body

  William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.111, Pearson Education

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• And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

  William Blake

  Genius, Ease, Sake

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.39, Univ of California Press

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• Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?

  William Blake

  Doe, Persuasion, Firm

  'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1790-3) 'A Memorable Fancy' plates 12-13

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• Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

  William Blake

  Motivational, Eye, Night

  Songs of Experience "The Tiger" (1794)

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• Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.

  William Blake

  Truth, Lying, Believe

  Gerda S. Norvig, William Blake (1993). “Dark Figures in the Desired Country: Blake's Illustrations to The Pilgrim's Progress”, p.45, Univ of California Press

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• Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.

  William Blake

  Time, Swiftness, Mercy

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.121, Univ of California Press

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• O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.

  William Blake

  Morning, Night, Earth

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.65, Routledge

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• Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists

  William Blake

  Jesus, Artist, Disciple

  William Blake, Robert N. Essick, Joseph Viscomi (1998). “Milton a Poem, and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel, On Homers Poetry, [and] On Virgil, Laocoön”, p.232, Princeton University Press

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• What seems to be, is, to those to whom it seems to be, and is productive of the most dreadful consequences to those to whom it seems to be, even of torments, despair, eternal death.

  William Blake

  Death, Despair, Torment

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.179, Univ of California Press

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• Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.

  William Blake

  Passion, Expression, Enthusiasm

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• A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.

  William Blake

  Dog, Ruins, Robin Redbreast

  "Auguries of Innocence" l. 9 (ca. 1803)

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• Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.

  William Blake

  Atheism, Statistics, Ratios

  William Blake, Morris Eaves, Robert N. Essick, Joseph Viscomi (1998). “The Early Illuminated Books”, p.26, Princeton University Press

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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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• To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

  William Blake

  Happiness, Art, Nature

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

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• One law for the lion and ox is oppression.

  William Blake

  Government, Law, Lions

  "William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose".

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