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William Blake Quotes

Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? Or the glistening eye to the poison of a smile? Picture Quote #1

For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball Picture Quote #1

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

Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green Picture Quote #1

Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts and Is, in existing beings or Men Picture Quote #1

I give you the end of a golden string,Only wind it into a ball,It will lead you in at Heaven’s gateBuilt in Jerusalem’s wall Picture Quote #1

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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright Picture Quote #1

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

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 Picture Quote #1

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars: general good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized particulars Picture Quote #1

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create Picture Quote #1

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow Picture Quote #1

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Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age Picture Quote #1

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose Picture Quote #1

To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes 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

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What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children Picture Quote #1

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? Picture Quote #1

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite Picture Quote #1

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only Picture Quote #1

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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a heaven in hell's despair Picture Quote #1

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians Picture Quote #1

The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind 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

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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 Quotes) For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball. (William Blake Quotes) To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. (William Blake Quotes) Such, such were the joys When we all, girls and boys, In our youth time were seen On the Echoing Green. (William Blake Quotes) Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts and Is, in existing beings or Men. (William Blake Quotes) I give you the end of a golden string,Only wind it into a ball,It will lead you in at Heaven’s gateBuilt in Jerusalem’s wall. (William Blake Quotes) The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat’ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright. (William Blake Quotes) Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth (William Blake Quotes) 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 Quotes) He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars: general good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for art and science cannot exist but in minutely organized particulars (William Blake Quotes) I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create (William Blake Quotes) Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow (William Blake Quotes) Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age (William Blake Quotes) Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish (William Blake Quotes) 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 Quotes) The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose (William Blake Quotes) To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes (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) What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children (William Blake Quotes) Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? (William Blake Quotes) I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! (William Blake Quotes) 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 Quotes) If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite (William Blake Quotes) It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only (William Blake Quotes) Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a heaven in hell's despair (William Blake Quotes) That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians (William Blake Quotes) The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind (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)

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