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William Blake
27 quotes
Quotes
- “A Robin Redbreast in a CagePuts all Heaven in a Rage.A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeonsShudders Hell thro’ all i...”
- “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 n...”
- “He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, ...”
- “Man has no Body distinct from his soul; for that called Body is a portion of a Soul discerned by the five senses, the ch...”
- “Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in ...”
- “When i tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending thos...”
- “He who binds to himself a joyDoes the winged life destroy;But he who kisses the joy as it fliesLives in eternity's sun r...”
- “What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.”
- “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite.”
- “The lamb misused breeds public strifeAnd yet forgives the butcher's knife.”
- “You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”
- “Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”
- “If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out.”
- “A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.”
- “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
- “He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”
- “The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.”
- “Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”
- “May God us keepFrom Single vision and Newton's sleep.”
- “Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.”
- “Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
- “The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.”
- “I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.”
- “What is now proved was once only imagined.”
- “If a thing loves, it is infinite.”
- “Opposition is true friendship.”
- “Exuberance is beauty.”