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William Blake quotes

English Poet, Painter November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827

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William Blake quote: "When nations grow old the Arts grow cold. And commerce settles..."
When nations grow old the Arts grow cold. And commerce settles on every tree William Blake
A DIVINE IMAGECruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secresy the human dress. The human dress is forged iron, The human form a fiery forge, The human face a furnace sealed, The human heart its hungry gorge. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see..."
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
William Blake quote: "The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything..."
The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white. William Blake
William Blake quote: "Great things are done when men and mountains meet."
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. William Blake
How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring? William Blake
William Blake quote: "The weak in courage is strong in cunning."
The weak in courage is strong in cunning. William Blake
Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed and governed their passions or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their understandings. The treasures of heaven are not negations of passion, but realities of intellect, from which all the passions emanate uncurbed in their eternal glory. William Blake
William Blake quote: "But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows..."
But when he has done this, let him not say that he knows better than his master, for he only holds a candle in sunshine. William Blake
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
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. William Blake
William Blake quote: "He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star."
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. William Blake
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. William Blake
And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? William Blake
William Blake quote: "He who replies to words of doubtdoth put the light of..."
He who replies to words of doubtdoth put the light of knowledge out. William Blake

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