Quotes by William Blake

William Blake

William Blake

English poet

Lived from: 1757 - 1827

Category: Artists | Poets (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 28 november 1757 Died: 12 august 1827

  • As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
  • 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.
  • Thinking as I do that the Creator of this world is a very cruel being, and being a worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: ''the Son, O how unlike the Father!'' First God Almighty comes with a thump on the head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.
  • Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.
  • Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
  • The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.
  • My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.
  • Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.
  • To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.
  • Tiger, tiger burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry.
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  • ''I have no name:'' I am but two days old. ''What shall I call thee?'' I happy am, ''Joy is my name.'' sweet joy befall thee!
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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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  • A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
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  • A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
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  • All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.
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  • Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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  • Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.
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  • Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
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  • As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
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  • As I was walking among the fires of Hell,
    delighted with the enjoyments of Genius;
    which to Angels look like torment and insanity.
    I collected some of their Proverbs.
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  • Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows, wake! expand!
    Jerusalem Chap: I
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  • Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
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  • Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
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  • Christianity is art and not money. Money is its curse.
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  • Commerce is so far from being beneficial to arts, or to empire, that it is destructive of both, as all their history shows, for the above reason of individual merit being its great hatred. Empires flourish till they become commercial, and then they are scattered abroad to the four winds.
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  • Cruelty has a Human Heart, And jealousy a Human Face; Terror the Human Form Divine, And secrecy the Human Dress. The Human Dress is forged Iron, The Human Form a Fiery Forge, The Human Face a Furnace seal d, The Human Heart its hungry gorge.
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  • Embraces are cominglings from the head even to the feet, and not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place.
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  • Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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  • Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
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  • Every harlot was a virgin once.
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What are the most famous quotes from William Blake?

The two most famous quotes from William Blake are:

  • "''I have no name:'' I am but two days old. ''What shall I call thee?'' I happy am, ''Joy is my name.'' sweet joy befall thee!"
  • "''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.''"

When did William Blake live?

William Blake was born in 1757 and died in the year 1827.