krsna 3 Report post Posted February 24, 2005 I find in a Blake a clear ,eloquent and sharp wit. Brings me to mind Kaviraja Krsnadas:"Truth spoken concisely is real eloquence" __ William Blake Quotes Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you. William Blake Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. William Blake As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. William Blake Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire. William Blake Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white. William Blake Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? William Blake Embraces are cominglings from the head even to the feet, and not a pompous high priest entering by a secret place. William Blake Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake Eternity is in love with the productions of time. William Blake Every harlot was a virgin once. William Blake Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps. William Blake Exuberance is beauty. William Blake For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life. William Blake Great things are done when men and mountains meet. William Blake He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. William Blake 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 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 I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. William Blake 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 If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out. William Blake It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake 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. William Blake Lives in eternity's sun rise. William Blake 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 No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake One thought fills immensity. William Blake Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion. William Blake Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. William Blake 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 The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. William Blake The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. William Blake 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 The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. William Blake The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. William Blake 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. William Blake The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. William Blake The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. William Blake The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. William Blake 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. William Blake The weak in courage is strong in cunning. William Blake Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. William Blake 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. William Blake Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. William Blake To generalize is to be an idiot. William Blake 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. William Blake Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s. William Blake What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! William Blake 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 What is now proved was once only imagined. William Blake 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 When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. William Blake When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do. William Blake When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head! William Blake Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. William Blake You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue. William Blake You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. William Blake Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
