William Blake Quotes - Page 4

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• We are here to learn to endure the beams of love

  William Blake

  Beam, Endure

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• God is the poetic genius in each of us.

  William Blake

  Genius, Poetic

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• Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.

  William Blake

  Death, Art, Science

  William Blake (1968). “William Blake. Textes choisis et presentes par Francis Leaud”

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• Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Artist, Laughing

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.202, Delphi Classics

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• The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

  William Blake

  Beauty, Glory Of God

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "Proverbs of Hell" (1790 - 1793)

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• As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.

  William Blake

  Atheist, Eggs, Joy

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

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• Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

  William Blake

  Engineering, Genius, Improvement

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.38, Univ of California Press

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• For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.

  William Blake

  Life, Growth, Delight

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.243, Wordsworth Editions

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• 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

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  William Blake (2000). “The Selected Poems of William Blake”, p.6, Wordsworth Editions

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• Expect poison from the standing water.

  William Blake

  Rain, Rivers, Water

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

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• As a man is, so he sees.

  William Blake

  Motivational, Men, Thought Provoking

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.702, Univ of California Press

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• The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

  William Blake

  Faith, Forgiveness, Christian Inspirational

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.201, Univ of California Press

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• Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

  William Blake

  Attitude, Commitment, Pride

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• The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

  William Blake

  Wise, Wisdom, Stupid

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• The moon, like a flower in heaven's high bower, with silent delight sits and smiles on the night.

  William Blake

  Flower, Moon, Night

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.55, Routledge

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• If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.

  William Blake

  Eye, Imagination, Mind

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• The most sublime act is to set another before you.

  William Blake

  Sacrifice, Sublime, Self Sacrifice

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.316, Pearson Education

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• Can I see a falling tear,
  And not feel my sorrow's share?

  William Blake

  Fall, Compassion, Sorrow

  William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.60, Routledge

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

  William Blake

  Wisdom, Soul, Cry

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

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• Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

  William Blake

  Future, Desperate, Rage

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.343, Oxford University Press, USA

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• One law for the lion and ox is oppression.

  William Blake

  Government, Law, Lions

  "William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose".

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• This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye.

  William Blake

  Life, Time, Lying

  'The Everlasting Gospel' (c.1818) (d) l. 99

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• General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

  William Blake

  Idiot, General Knowledge

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

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• Error is created; truth is eternal.

  William Blake

  Truth, Errors, Truth Is

  Gerda S. Norvig, William Blake (1993). “Dark Figures in the Desired Country: Blake's Illustrations to The Pilgrim's Progress”, p.199, Univ of California Press

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• We are led to believe a lie When we see not through the eye.

  William Blake

  Lying, Believe, Eye

  William Blake, David Fuller (2000). “William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.289, Pearson Education

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