Quotes by William Blake with joy

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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  • 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 kisses the joy as it flies
    Lives in eternity’s sunrise.
    Eternity
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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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  • 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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  • Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
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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!"
  • "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."

When did William Blake live?

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