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William Blake Quotes - Page 5

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As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

Eye, Men, Vision

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.793, Oxford University Press, USA

He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.

Believe, Doubt, Please

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.433, Oxford University Press, USA

He who has few things to desire cannot have many to fear.

Desire

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.405, Oxford University Press, USA

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

Life, Time, Eagles

William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.203, Delphi Classics

Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.

Shame is pride's cloak.

Pride, Shame, Cloaks

William Blake, Michael Mason (1998). “Selected Poetry”, p.76, Oxford University Press, USA

Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

Evil, Thought Provoking, Passive

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.127, Pearson Education

Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Inspirational, Kindness, Together

A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.

Tyrants, Disease, Causes

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.380, Penguin

Execution is the chariot of genius.

Science, Genius, Execution

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.643, Univ of California Press

Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world's release.

World, Pity, Mercy

William Blake (1885). “The Poems: With Specimens of the Prose Writings, of William Blake”

I am more famed in Heaven for my works than I could well conceive. In my brain are studies & chambers filled with books & pictures of old, which I wrote and painted in ages of Eternity before my mortal life; and whose works are the delight & study of Archangels. Why, then, should I be anxious about the riches or fame of mortality?

Book, Heaven, Brain

Every harlot was a virgin once.

Artist, Innocence, Harlots

'For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise' 'To the Accuser who is The God of This World' [epilogue]

Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those who have cultivated an understanding of them.

Inspirational, Passion, Emotional

Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.

Marketplace, Desolate

Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude.

Gratitude, Heaven

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.834, Oxford University Press, USA

More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul.

Wisdom, Soul, Cry

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.44, Pearson Education

I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore. And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

Sweet, Flower, Garden

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.26, Univ of California Press

The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.

Poison, Crowns, Fame

'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 97

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.

Artist, Differences, Thought Provoking

William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.2226, Delphi Classics

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Best Friend, Friendship, Happiness

William Blake (1975). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”, p.18, Oxford Paperbacks

If a thing loves, it is infinite.

Love, Educational, Philosophy

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.604, Univ of California Press

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand.

Nature, Flower, Eternity Of Life

'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 1

To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

Bible, Spiritual, Art

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

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.

Friendship, Loyalty, Heart

William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.163, Wordsworth Editions

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