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William Blake Quotes - Page 2

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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

Mean, Artist, Enemy

Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?

God, Calling, Helping

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.184, Univ of California Press

Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived.

Perception, Desire

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.2, Univ of California Press

Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Struggle, Temptation, Bait

Work up imagination to the state of vision.

Imagination, Vision, States

William Blake (1906). “Illustrations of the Book of Job”

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Wisdom, Knowledge, Thought Provoking

William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.77, Oxford University Press, USA

Celebrate your existence!

Shining, Celebrate, Existence

Exuberance is beauty.

Happiness, Beauty, Gratitude

William Blake (2017). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”, p.11, Litres

The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.

Love You, Your Smile, Doe

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.272, Pearson Education

A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.

Beer, Church, Common

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Good Morning, Happiness, Sleep

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

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

Forgiveness, Forgiving, Headstone

He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.

Religion, Spirit, Infinite

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.3, Univ of California Press

You've always had the power right there in your shoes, you just had to learn it for yourself.

Learning, Shoes

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

Strong, Weak, Cunning

William Blake, William Butler Yeats (1905). “Collected Poems”, p.171, Psychology Press

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

Law, Religion, Stones

William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

Love, Motivational, Cute

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

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

To generalize is to be an idiot.

Wisdom, Smart, Teaching

"Annotations to The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds" (ca. 1798 - 1809)

Without Unceasing Practice nothing can be done. Practice is Art. If you leave off you are lost.

Art, Practice, Done

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.362, Pearson Education

I see the Past, Present & Future existing all at once Before me.

Past, Past Present Future, Past Present

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.159, Univ of California Press

The world of imagination is the world of eternity.

Imagination, World, Eternity

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.446, Penguin

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Inspirational, Artist, Thought Provoking

William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

Sweet, Night, Delight

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.615, Pearson Education

Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance.

Ignorance, Innocence

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.697, Univ of California Press

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