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

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  • Everything that lives, lives not alone, nor for itself.
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  • Expect poison from standing water.
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  • Exuberance is beauty.
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  • For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away.
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  • For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
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  • 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.
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  • Great things are done when men and mountains meet. This is not done by jostling in the street.
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  • He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.
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  • He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
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  • He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence.
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  • He who kisses the joy as it flies
    Lives in eternity’s sunrise.
    Eternity
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  • 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.
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  • He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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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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  • I must create a system or be enslaved by another man s; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
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  • I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's.
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  • I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.
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  • I see every thing I paint in this world, but everybody does not see alike. To the eyes of a miser a guinea is more beautiful than the sun, and a bag worn with the use of money has more beautiful proportions than a vine filled with grapes.
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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.
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  • If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru chinks of his cavern.
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