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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  • The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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  • 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.
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  • The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever.
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  • The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.
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  • The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.
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  • The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.
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  • 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.
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  • The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
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  • The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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  • The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.
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  • The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
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  • The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
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  • The true method of knowledge is experiment.
    All Religions are One (1788)
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  • The truth told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent
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  • The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
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  • Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.
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  • Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793) 41
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  • 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.
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  • Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy for friendship's sake.
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  • Tiger, tiger burning bright,
    In the forests of the night,
    What immortal hand or eye,
    Could frame thy fearful symmetry.
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