All William Blake Quotes
- [L]et light Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring The honey’d dew that cometh on waking day. O radiant morning... Bring
- O Earth, O Earth, return! Arise from out the dewy grass; Night is worn; And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass. Arise
- Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on,… Angel
- You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue and get murdered time after time. Act
- All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage. All
- To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess. Alone
- 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:… Almighty
- 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… Art
- For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away. Dust
- Imitation is criticism. Artistic
- If others had not been foolish, we should be so. Been
- The Fool shall not enter into Heaven let him be ever so Holy. Enter
- The cistern contains: The fountain overflows. Cistern
- If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentence you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go You… Go
- Error is created; truth is eternal. Created
- Mans desires are limited by his perceptions; none can desire what he has not perceived. Desire
- Each man is haunted until his humanity awakens. Awakens
- To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it… Addressed
- Mere enthusiasm is the all in all. All
- I turn my eyes to the schools & universities of Europe And there behold the loom of Locke whose woof rages dire, Washed by the… Behold