48 quotes by William Blake

“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.” — William Blake

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“What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.” — William Blake

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“To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.” — William Blake

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“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.” — William Blake

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“What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!” — William Blake

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“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” — William Blake

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“Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?” — William Blake

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“The hours of folly are measured by the clock but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” — William Blake

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“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” — William Blake

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“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” — William Blake

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“Eternity is in love with the productions of time.” — William Blake

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“Travelers repose and dream among my leaves.” — William Blake

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“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.” — William Blake

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“The weak in courage is strong in cunning.” — William Blake

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“What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.” — William Blake

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“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.” — William Blake

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“The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.” — William Blake

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“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.” — William Blake

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“Opposition is true friendship.” — William Blake

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“Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.” — William Blake

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“That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.” — William Blake

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“Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.” — William Blake

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“Active Evil is better than Passive Good.” — William Blake

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