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title: "5 Beam Quotes By William Blake"
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> [And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/and-we-are-put-on-this-earth-a-little-space-that-we-might-learn-to/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/william-blake-397_beam_and-we-are-put-on-this-earth-a-little-sp_220469.jpg)

> [And we are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/and-we-are-put-on-earth-a-little-space-that-we-may-learn-to-bear-the/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/william-blake-397_beam_and-we-are-put-on-earth-a-little-space-t_1476321.jpg)

> [How sweet I roamed from field to field, And tasted all the summer's pride, Till I the prince of love beheld, Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/how-sweet-i-roamed-from-field-to-field-and-tasted-all-the-summer-s-2/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/william-blake-397_beam_how-sweet-i-roamed-from-field-to-field-a_1637068.jpg)

> [Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau! Mock on, mock on: 'Tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/mock-on-mock-on-voltaire-rousseau-mock-on-mock-on-tis-all-in-vain-you/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/william-blake-397_atoms_mock-on-mock-on-voltaire-rousseau-mock-o_1913567.jpg)

> [We are here to learn to endure the beams of love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/we-are-here-to-learn-to-endure-the-beams-of-love/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/william-blake-397_beam_we-are-here-to-learn-to-endure-the-beams_2017658.jpg)

## Other authors on Beam

## More by William Blake

> [Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/poetry-fettered-fetters-the-human-race-nations-are-destroyed-or/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/where-any-view-of-money-exists-art-cannot-be-carried-on/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [God only acts and is, in existing beings or men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/god-only-acts-and-is-in-existing-beings-or-men/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Kill not the moth nor butterfly, For the Last Judgement draweth nigh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/kill-not-the-moth-nor-butterfly-for-the-last-judgement-draweth-nigh/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after death of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-world-of-imagination-is-the-world-of-eternity-it-is-the-divine/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/imagination-is-the-real-and-eternal-world-of-which-this-vegetable/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/painters-are-noted-for-being-dissipated-and-wild/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Time is the mercy of Eternity; without Time's swiftness Which is the swiftest of all things, all were eternal torment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/time-is-the-mercy-of-eternity-without-time-s-swiftness-which-is-the/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-difference-between-a-bad-artist-and-a-good-one-is-the-bad-artist/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Cruelty has a human heart, and jealousy a human face. Terror, the human form divine, And secrecy, the human dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/cruelty-has-a-human-heart-and-jealousy-a-human-face-terror-the-human/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [A dead body revenges not injuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/a-dead-body-revenges-not-injuries/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/those-who-restrain-desire-do-so-because-theirs-is-weak-enough-to-be/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [To generalize is to be an idiot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/to-generalize-is-to-be-an-idiot/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [THE POISON TREE I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-poison-tree-i-was-angry-with-my-friend-i-told-my-wrath-my-wrath/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

> [The bird a nest the spider a web the human friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-bird-a-nest-the-spider-a-web-the-human-friendship/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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