Home » William Blake William Blake William Blake 1 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 2 He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. William Blake Light, Face, Star Add to Collection 3 Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake Enough, Weak, Desires Add to Collection 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake Idiot, Generalize Add to Collection 8 If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake Wise, Fool, Become Add to Collection 9 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 10 A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake Truth, Bad Add to Collection 11 Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. William Blake Travel, Dream, Leaves Add to Collection 12 Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake Ugly, Rich, Old Add to Collection 13 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 14 The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. William Blake Wise, Fool Add to Collection 15 Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age. William Blake Age, Man, Soul Add to Collection 16 Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. William Blake Religion, Law, Stones Add to Collection 17 I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. William Blake Business, Create, Reason Add to Collection 18 Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake Energy, Delight, Desires Add to Collection 19 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. William Blake End, Grow, Angry Add to Collection 20 For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. William Blake Life, Everything, Holy Add to Collection 21 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 22 Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. William Blake Joy, Sympathy, Sorrow Add to Collection 23 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 24 Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. William Blake Christ, Made, Criminals Add to Collection 1 2 3 4 next › last »
