Home » William Blake William Blake William Blake 1 For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. William Blake Life, Everything, Holy Add to Collection 2 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 God, Right, Jews Add to Collection 3 Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. William Blake Joy, Sympathy, Sorrow Add to Collection 4 What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. William Blake Men, Care, Idiot Add to Collection 5 Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. William Blake Christ, Made, Criminals Add to Collection 6 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. William Blake Beautiful, Money, Eyes Add to Collection 7 Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. William Blake Man, mind, Speak Add to Collection 8 As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. William Blake Man, Eye, Sees Add to Collection 9 The eye altering, alters all. William Blake Eye, Altering Add to Collection 10 The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled. William Blake Soul, Sweet, Delight Add to Collection 11 The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. William Blake Man, Thoughts, mind Add to Collection 12 What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. William Blake Wisdom, Children, Experience Add to Collection 13 He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. William Blake Light, Face, Star Add to Collection 14 Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake Enough, Weak, Desires Add to Collection 15 Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair. William Blake Love, Hell, Care Add to Collection 16 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 Art, Science, Foundation Add to Collection 17 Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. William Blake Music, Poetry, Painting Add to Collection 18 To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake Idiot, Generalize Add to Collection 19 If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake Wise, Fool, Become Add to Collection 20 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! William Blake Happy, Joy, Sweet Add to Collection 21 A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake Truth, Bad Add to Collection 22 Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. William Blake Travel, Dream, Leaves Add to Collection 23 Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake Ugly, Rich, Old Add to Collection 24 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. William Blake Art, Science, Good Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 next › last »
