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William Blake Quotes

Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself Picture Quote #1

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care Picture Quote #1

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... And some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself Picture Quote #1

To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour Picture Quote #1

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour Picture Quote #1

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? Are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! Picture Quote #1

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Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence Picture Quote #1

To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit - general knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess Picture Quote #1

When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it but for the sake of defending those who do Picture Quote #1

And I made a rural pen, and I stained the water clear, and I wrote my happy songs every child may joy to hear Picture Quote #1

When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot i sleep Picture Quote #1

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If you trap the moment before it's ripe, the tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe; but if once you let the ripe moment go you can never wipe off the tears of woe Picture Quote #1

The look of love alarms because 'tis filled with fire; but the look of soft deceit shall win the lover's hire Picture Quote #1

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsom. Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth Picture Quote #1

My specter around me night and day like a wild beast guards my way, my emanation far within weeps incessantly for my sin Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The angel that presided o'er my birth said, little creature, formed of joy and mirth, go love without the help of any thing on earth Picture Quote #1

I will not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, till we have built Jerusalem, in England's green and pleasant land Picture Quote #1

He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise Picture Quote #1

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern Picture Quote #1

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves Picture Quote #1

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy Picture Quote #1

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Active Evil is better than Passive Good Picture Quote #1

Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death Picture Quote #1

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps Picture Quote #1

Opposition is true friendship Picture Quote #1

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion Picture Quote #1

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness Picture Quote #1

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Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself (William Blake Quotes) What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care (William Blake Quotes) The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... And some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself (William Blake Quotes) To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour (William Blake Quotes) To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour (William Blake Quotes) What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? Are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! (William Blake Quotes) Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence (William Blake Quotes) To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit - general knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess (William Blake Quotes) When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it but for the sake of defending those who do (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 (William Blake Quotes) When my mother died I was very young, and my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!'weep! So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot i sleep (William Blake Quotes) The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind (William Blake Quotes) 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 Quotes) If you trap the moment before it's ripe, the tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe; but if once you let the ripe moment go you can never wipe off the tears of woe (William Blake Quotes) The look of love alarms because 'tis filled with fire; but the look of soft deceit shall win the lover's hire (William Blake Quotes) Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsom. Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth (William Blake Quotes) My specter around me night and day like a wild beast guards my way, my emanation far within weeps incessantly for my sin (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 (William Blake Quotes) The angel that presided o'er my birth said, little creature, formed of joy and mirth, go love without the help of any thing on earth (William Blake Quotes) I will not cease from mental fight, nor shall my sword sleep in my hand, till we have built Jerusalem, in England's green and pleasant land (William Blake Quotes) He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise (William Blake Quotes) If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern (William Blake Quotes) Travelers repose and dream among my leaves (William Blake Quotes) In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy (William Blake Quotes) Active Evil is better than Passive Good (William Blake Quotes) Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death (William Blake Quotes) Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps (William Blake Quotes) Opposition is true friendship (William Blake Quotes) Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion (William Blake Quotes) The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness (William Blake Quotes)

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