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Man Quotes by William Blake
- If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
- 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…
- The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
- A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
- The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
- Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
- As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
- Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets…
- 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…
- The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.
- To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
- I rest not from my great task! | To open the Eternal Worlds, | to open the immortal Eyes of Man | Inwards into the…
- I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.
- Man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
- As a man is, so he sees.
- A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian.
- The Errors of a Wise Man make your Rule Rather than the Perfections of a Fool.
- The naked women's body is a portion of eternity too great for the eye of man.
- To Mercy Pity Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy Pity Peace and…
- The Whole Business of Man is The Arts, & All Things Common.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle