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title: "8 Gates Quotes By William Blake"
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> [The grave is Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait; O Shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-grave-is-heaven-s-golden-gate-and-rich-and-poor-around-it-wait-o/)

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

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> [The Vision of Christ that thou dost see, Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine is the Friend of all Mankind, Mine speaks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/the-vision-of-christ-that-thou-dost-see-is-my-vision-s-greatest-enemy/)

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

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> [A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/a-dog-starv-d-at-the-master-s-gate-predicts-the-ruin-of-the-state-a/)

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

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> [Mutual Forgiveness of each vice, Such are the Gates of Paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/mutual-forgiveness-of-each-vice-such-are-the-gates-of-paradise/)

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

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> [I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/i-went-to-the-garden-of-love-and-saw-what-i-never-had-seen-a-chapel/)

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

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> [A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/a-dog-starved-at-his-master-s-gate-predicts-the-ruin-of-the-state/)

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

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> [Those who enter the gates of heaven are not beings who have no passions or who have curbed the passions, but those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/those-who-enter-the-gates-of-heaven-are-not-beings-who-have-no/)

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

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> [I give you the end of a golden string, Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/i-give-you-the-end-of-a-golden-string-only-wind-it-into-a-ball-it/)

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

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## Other authors on Gates

## 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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