--- title: "3 Distress Quotes By William Blake" description: "3 Distress quotes by William Blake. Plus more from William Blake and more Distress sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_308868.jpg" --- > [To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in-their-distress-and-to-these/) [William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_308868.jpg) > [To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in-their-distress-and-to-these-2/) [William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_983456.jpg) > [Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/want-of-money-and-the-distress-of-a-thief-can-never-be-alleged-as-the/) [William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/william-blake-397_distress_want-of-money-and-the-distress-of-a-thie_1529735.jpg) ## Other authors on Distress - [Lailah Gifty Akita 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [Samuel Johnson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/adolf-hitler/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-malthus-90491.jpg) Thomas Malthus 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/thomas-malthus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/charles-spurgeon/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/distress/william-blake/#itemlist", "name": "3 Distress Quotes By William Blake", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Blake" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in-their-distress-and-to-these/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_308868.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_308868.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/william-blake-397_and-love_to-mercy-pity-peace-and-love-all-pray-in_308868.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their…” — William Blake", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. 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