William Blake Quotes
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A tyrant is the worst disease, and the cause of all others.
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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.
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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
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I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.
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I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse Blasts the new born Infant's tear, And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.
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O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass.
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Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
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Bring me my bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear: O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire.
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Without contraries there is no progression.
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Every tear from every eye Becomes a babe in eternity.
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Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.
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When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.
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The look of love alarms Because 'tis filled with fire; But the look of soft deceit Shall win the lover's hire.
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Jesus & his apostles & disciples were all artists...
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The ignorant Insults of Individuals will not hinder me from doing my duty to my Art.
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Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha ha he!
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Love is weak when there is more doubt than there is trust, but love is most strong when you learn to trust even with all the doubts. If a thing loves, it is infinite.
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The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.
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Rhetoric completes the tools of learning. Dialectic zeros in on the logic of things, of particular systems of thought or subjects. Rhetoric takes the next grand step and brings all these subjects together into one whole.
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Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance.
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Listen to the fool's reproach! It is a kingly title!
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Mysteries are not to be solved. They eye goes blind when it only wants to see why.
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Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.