Home » William Blake William Blake William Blake 1 Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. William Blake Joy, Sympathy, Sorrow Add to Collection 2 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 3 Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. William Blake Christ, Made, Criminals Add to Collection 4 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 5 Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. William Blake Man, mind, Speak Add to Collection 6 As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. William Blake Man, Eye, Sees Add to Collection 7 The eye altering, alters all. William Blake Eye, Altering Add to Collection 8 The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled. William Blake Soul, Sweet, Delight Add to Collection 9 The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. William Blake Man, Thoughts, mind Add to Collection 10 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 11 He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. William Blake Light, Face, Star Add to Collection 12 Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake Enough, Weak, Desires Add to Collection 13 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 14 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 15 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 16 To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake Idiot, Generalize Add to Collection 17 If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake Wise, Fool, Become Add to Collection 18 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 19 A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake Truth, Bad Add to Collection 20 Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. William Blake Travel, Dream, Leaves Add to Collection 21 Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake Ugly, Rich, Old Add to Collection 22 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 23 The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. William Blake Wise, Fool Add to Collection 24 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 1 2 3 4 next › last »
