William Blake quotes - page 2

The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white. (William Blake)
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. View quote
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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. View quote
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The busy bee has no time for sorrow. View quote
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A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. View quote
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The eagle never lost so much time, as when he submitted to learn of the crow. View quote
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Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd. View quote
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If a thing loves, it is infinite. View quote
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What is now proved was once only imagined. View quote
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To generalize is to be an idiot. View quote
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The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. (William Blake)
The true method of knowledge is experiment. View quote
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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! View quote
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. View quote
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good. View quote
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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. View quote
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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. View quote
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Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius. View quote
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The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. View quote
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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. View quote
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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)
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. View quote
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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. View quote
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Opposition is true friendship. View quote
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When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. View quote
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