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He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God.
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
William Blake
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Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.
William Blake -
Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth; Prepare your arms for glorious victory; Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God! Prepare, prepare!
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And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')
William Blake -
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification.
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The modest Rose puts forth a thorn,The humble sheep a threat'ning horn:While the Lily white shall in love delight,Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
William Blake -
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty !
William Blake
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The world of imagination is the world of eternity.
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Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.
William Blake -
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?
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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 man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
William Blake -
Let the men do their duty & the women will be such wonders; the female life lives from the light of the male: see a man's female dependants, you know the man.
William Blake -
O white-robed Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with iron pen the words of truth, that all who pass may read.
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Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
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O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race?
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Acts themselves alone are history, and these are neither the exclusive property of Hume, Gibbon nor Voltaire, Echard, Rapin, Plutarch, nor Herodotus. Tell me the Acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish. All that is not action is not worth reading.
William Blake
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The Fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so Holy.
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I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly.
William Blake -
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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The person who does not believe in miracles surely makes it certain that he or she will never take part in one.
William Blake