William Blake Quotes
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.
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O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down Thro' the clear windows of the morning, turn Thine angel eyes upon our western isle, Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring! The hills tell each other, and the listening Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turned Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth, And let thy holy feet visit our clime. Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.
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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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Without Unceasing Practice nothing can be done. Practice is Art. If you leave off you are lost.
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If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
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If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.
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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
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All wholesome food is caught without a net or trap.
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Some will say, Is not God alone the Prolific? I answer, God only Acts & Is, in existing beings or Men.
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Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.
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Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
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Energy is an eternal delight.
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As we are, so we see.
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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!
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I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.
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The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
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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.
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The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, is because he was a true poet and of the Devil's party without knowing it.
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The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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Mere enthusiasm is the all in all.
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I was in a Printing-house in Hell, and saw the method in which knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.
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The Sick Rose O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy, And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy.
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Nature in darkness groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night: restless they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans.
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Auguries of innocence "The emmet's inch and eagle's mile Make lame philosophy to smile. He who doubts from what he sees Will ne'er believe, do what you please.