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William Blake Quotes - Page 7

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The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.

The worship of God is, Honouring his gifts in other men each according to his genius, and loving the greatest men best; those who envy or calumniate great men hate God, for there is no other God.

Hate, Men, Envy

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.143, Pearson Education

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.

Love, Life, Broken Heart

'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'The Clod and the Pebble'

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.

Wine, Water, Best Wine

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

Bring me an axe and spade, Bring me a winding-sheet; When I my grave have made Let winds and tempests beat: Then down I'll lie as cold as clay. True love doth pass away!

Love, Lying, Wind

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.46, Pearson Education

When nations grow old the Arts grow cold And commerce settles on every tree

Art, Business, Design

William Blake, David V. Erdman, Harold Bloom (1982). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.642, Univ of California Press

For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.

Forgive Me, Forgiving, I Forgive You

The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art

Art, Ignorant, Insult

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.561, Oxford University Press, USA

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect.

Wise, Caring, Men

'Jerusalem' (1815) 'Chapter 4' (plate 91, l. 54)

Life delights in life.

Delight

William Blake, W. H. Stevenson (2007). “Blake: The Complete Poems”, p.203, Pearson Education

Gratitude is heaven itself.

Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Heaven

Gerda S. Norvig, William Blake (1993). “Dark Figures in the Desired Country: Blake's Illustrations to The Pilgrim's Progress”, p.88, Univ of California Press

Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.

Records, Bureaucracy, Being True

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.392, Oxford University Press, USA

LOVE'S SECRET Never seek to tell thy love, Love that never told can be; For the gentle wind doth move Silently, invisibly. I told my love, I told my love, I told her all my heart, Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears. Ah! she did depart! Soon after she was gone from me, A traveller came by, Silently, invisibly: He took her with a sigh.

Moving, Heart, Wind

William Blake (1973). “The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical: Poems”

Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.

Firsts, Principles, Lasts

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.2, Pearson Education

I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.

Fear, Men, Space

William Blake, Morton D. Paley (1998). “Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion”, p.144, Princeton University Press

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.

Angel, Men, Devil

William Blake (1977). “The Portable William Blake”, p.455, Penguin

The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.

God, Kissing, Luck

William Blake (1979). “Complete writings: with variant readings”

The eye sees more than the heart knows.

Heart, Eye, Knows

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.45, Univ of California Press

He who has suffered you to impose on him knows you.

Suffering, Knows

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

Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.

Men, Atheism, Answers

William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.40, Univ of California Press

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.

Friendship, Anger, Wrath

'Songs of Experience' (1794) 'A Poison Tree'

Mere enthusiasm is the all in all... / Passion and expression are beauty itself.

Passion, Expression, Enthusiasm

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling. And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire.

Shadow, Desire, Degrees

William Blake, “The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell”

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.

Art, Aggravation, Vices

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

Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.

Art, Money, Views

William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.776, Oxford University Press, USA

All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap.

Goodness, Wholesome Food, Traps

William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.178, Pearson Education

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